单词 | outstretching |
释义 | outstretchingn. The action of stretching or reaching out; an instance of this, an extension. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching streekinga1340 stretchingc1375 outstretchinga1387 stretching out1530 splaying1531 extending?1541 outreaching1587 extension1615 outstretchedness1674 protraction1681 exporrection1697 outstretch1828 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [noun] > specific part of body fathom1519 stretch1696 outstretching1866 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 383 Hit is comoun sawe þat contray þat now hatte Scotlond is an out strecching [L. promunctorium] and is þe norþ partie of þe more Bretayne. 1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 44 The contre which is now named scotland is an outstretchyng of the north partie of britayn. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Introd. 41 A cape very well knowen in regard of the eminency and outstretching thereof. 1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 59 The greed that with perfect complaisance devours all things—the endless pride and out-stretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows. 1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xiv. 30 On the outstretching of Moses's hand. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. x. 139 If Farfrae had observed it, he might almost have regarded it as an idle outstretching of the arm. 1909 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 6 647 The creature might well experience vividly the pure outstretching that we catch with such difficulty at the fringe of vision. 1986 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 58 368 The same leader's hopes in 1935 that apathy could be overcome by insisting on a more disciplined outstretching of the arm when offering the ‘Hitler Gruss’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outstretchingadj. That outstretches (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of risk > risk-taking hazardous1560 outstretching1654 brinkmanlike1958 radical1964 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 52 A haughtie, bold, out-stretching, and selfe-confiding spirit. a1665 J. Quarles Self-conflict (1680) 3 The lofty Cedars wide out-stretching arms. 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 351 Th' outstretching lake, imbosomed 'mong the hills, The eye with pleasure and amazement fills. 1828 A. M. Porter Coming Out in J. Porter & A. M. Porter Coming Out & Field of Forty Footsteps II. 28 The frank smile and out-stretching hand. 1840 H. H. Milman Belshazzar in Poet. Wks. 313 All the living luxuries of sound Pour from the long out-stretching galleries. 1881 T. Woolner Pygmalion 49 Spring's outstretching fingers nearly touched The Summer's welcoming hands. 1916 Sci. Monthly May 486 The submergence of a mountainous coast must necessarily produce an embayed shoreline, with many out-stretching points of the land separating as many in-reaching arms of the sea. 1991 W. J. McGuire in R. S. Wyer & T. K. Srull Content, Structure & Operation Thought Syst. 224 The knower..runs swiftly across the outstretching rope in order to run a little further before plunging into the abyss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387adj.1654 |
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