| 单词 | letting off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletting off letting off n. ΚΠ 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xii. 5) 362 The letting off of a harquebuze or pistollet. 1724 Dublin Gaz. 28 Oct. After Supper his Majesty saw the letting off of the finest Fire-works that have been made at Fontainebleau. a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 425 I..knew the letting-off of steam and rose. 1959 Times 7 Nov. 7/4 They should be invited to cooperate in keeping the party clean and so ensuring that the letting off of fireworks is kept within bounds. 2009 Chicago Sun Times (Nexis) 23 Apr. 21 The humor is simply a letting off of an overabundance of delicious gases. < as lemmas |
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