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单词 napping
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nappingn.1

Brit. /ˈnapɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnæpɪŋ/
Forms: Old English hnæppung, Old English hnappung, Old English hneappung (Mercian), early Middle English nappung, Middle English nappyng, Middle English nappynge, Middle English 1600s nappinge, Middle English– napping.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nap v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < nap v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of taking a nap; sleeping; (formerly also) †drowsiness (obsolete). Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > for a short time or lightly
nappingeOE
dozing1692
snoozing1811
winking1862
zizzing1942
eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cxxxi. 4 Si dedero somnum oculis meis aut palphebris meis dormitationem : gif ic sellu slep egum minum oððe bregum minum hneappunge.
OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) ix. 262 [W]ið spiwþan & wlættan & hnap[punge] [?a1200 Harl. 6258B nappunge] genim bares gelynde [etc.].
c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 486 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 70 (MED) Þou seist i schal slep and take napping sone.
c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 44 (MED) I schal not ȝyue sleep to myn iȝen & napping to myn iȝe-liddis..til y fynde a place to þe lord.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 257 (MED) Warne all wightis to be in pees, For I am late layde vnto napping.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Uiii I had rather ye should go a napping to the sermons, than not to go at al.
1758 J. Reed Madrigal & Trulletta iii. iv. 30 The napping of the gods is very frequently intimated by tragic authors.
1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. xi. 146 Such convocations were strictly forbidden during that portion of the afternoon which Captain Loring devoted to napping.
1894 F. W. O. Ward Confessions of Poet viii. 397 Infidel, and Jew, and Turk, Sure to spoil his honest napping, Just as he began to snore.
1935 Sci. Monthly Nov. 415/1 We usually think of a Roman bed as a couchlike affair, of rather narrow proportions, which was used for eating as well as napping.
1995 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 1 524 A striking amount of time at Kutse is available for entertainment..or napping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nappingn.2

Brit. /ˈnapɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnæpɪŋ/
Forms: Middle English noppynge, 1700s– napping.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nap n.2, -ing suffix1; nap v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Probably partly < nap n.2 + -ing suffix1, and partly < nap v.2 + -ing suffix1.
1. The nap on cloth; the quality of possessing a nap. Obsolete. rare.
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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 358 Noppynge, Villositas.
2. The action of raising a nap on cloth. Frequently attributive. Now historical.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on
napping1440
rowing1448
cottoning1565
friezing1565
mozing1842
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 358 Noppynge,..villatura.
1796 Gott Papers 21 July in W. B. Crump Leeds Woollen Industry (1931) 219 Indigo Mill, Winch, & Nappg [sic] & brusg engines.
1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West Nov. 379 At this stage of the manufacture, the cloth is applied to the ‘gig,’ or napping machine, by which the nap is raised.
1853 A. Hunter Washington & Georgetown Directory 48 Machines for making felt cloth..napping, shearing, and pressing cloth.
1862 Sci. Amer. Oct. 237/3 Regulating the degree of tension on the cloth drawn over the napping cylinder.
1933 Amer. Econ. Rev. 23 73 Finishing, which includes such processes as bleaching, dyeing, printing, and napping, is therefore in the hands of another group of specialists.
1944 L. Fox Hist. Coventry's Textile Industry 5 (heading) Medieval napping tool.
1993 Amer. Hist. Rev. 98 1490 There were the skilled crafts of dyeing, tentering (stretching), fulling, teaseling (napping), and shearing cloth.
3. Material used for the nap of a hat. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > material for making hats
capade1797
stuff1799
chip straw1806
bat1836
napping1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 635 The first cover of beaver or napping..is strewed equably over the body, and patted on with a brush.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1510/2 Napping, a sheet of partially felted fur... It becomes the nap of the hat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nappingadj.1

Brit. /ˈnapɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnæpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nap v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < nap v.1 + -ing suffix2.
Taking a nap, snoozing; characterized by taking naps.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > lightly or half-asleep
slumbering1390
connivent1644
nappinga1650
snoozing1836
semisomnous1873
a1650 in Westm. Gaz. (1901) 16 May 2/3 How can that Ship but dash on ev'ry shelf, Whose napping Pilot cannot guide himself?
1846 S. F. Cooper Elinor Wyllys I. vi. 82 The napping uncle is the old bachelor.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 243 Nay, I endure nought worse than napping sheep, When nimble birds uproot a fleecy lock To line their nest.
1930 Sci. Monthly Feb. 99/2 He had accomplished two things in one, a nap and a lecture... I can not, however, recommend the napping lecture habit.
1975 R. Hugo What Thou lovest well 31 The leaf flash spreading white Above the napping cows.
2001 Parenting (Electronic ed.) 2 Feb. Tiptoe in to stare at napping child.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nappingadj.2

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nappy adj.1
Etymology: Apparently alteration of nappy adj.1 after -ing suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
= nappy adj.1 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong
strongeOE
stalec1300
mainc1400
nappyc1460
starkc1485
nase?1536
huff-cap1599
nippitatum1600
intoxicating1604
inebriating1610
distempering1613–18
inebriative1615
toxing1635
hogen mogen1653
napping1654
humming1675
hard1700
inebriousa1704
ebrietating1711
bead-proof1753
steeve1801
high-proof1810
pithy1812
stiff1813
inebriant1828
reverent1837
a little more north1864
ebriating1872
rorty1950
1654 R. Verney Let. 23 Feb. in Longman's Mag. Aug. (1894) 368 I will now send to brew some napping Ale at Claydon, but none but Sound people must tast it.
1664 J. Wilson Cheats i. v. 15 This is napping Geer, and well encourag'd: But pray no More of this Bowle..It invites A man to drink often of it.
c1685 Debtford Plumb Cake in Bagford Ballads (1876) 71 With each some Plumb Cake in her hand and Cup of good napping Ale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

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