单词 | overturning |
释义 | overturningn. The action of overturn v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. fallOE confusionc1290 subversiona1325 overthrowingc1330 overturninga1398 downcasta1400 wrackc1400 downcastingc1425 eversionc1425 profligationc1475 demolitionc1550 overturec1555 wreck1577 overturnc1592 racking?1689 upsetting1827 subversal1843 demolishment1884 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > causing capsize or upset overturninga1398 overcasting1497 oversetting1626 subversion1670 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202v Water..sleeþ spuynge and ouertornyng [L. subuersione] of þe stomak. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. 164 (MED) Þe ouerturnyng of þe temple by-tokned þe resureccion. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6756 (MED) Syrenes with her song Make a man to saylle a-wrong, Tyl he be drovnyd and y-slawe With ouer-tournyng of somme wawe. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L2v Amongst your vnsatiable ouerturning of Libraries. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 10 The overturning of all human society. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxviii. 71 Fitted them [sc. Canoaes] with Out-leagers to keep them from over-turning,..but in the Way one of the Boats lost her Out-leager, and drowned all her Crew. a1758 J. Edwards Hist. Redempt. (1782) i. vi. 102 There were three general overturnings of the world before Christ came. 1877 E. B. Hamley Voltaire xxvi. 202 The violent overturning of the old monarchy, the proscriptions, the massacres, the guillotine—these would have received no countenance from him. 1898 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Oct. 301 The ship was approaching those [latitudes] where such stormy overturnings of the atmosphere are frequent. 1905 Buffalo (N.Y.) Express 16 Jan. 2 The overturning of an alcohol lamp over which some girls were cooking fudge. 1986 Stone's Justices' Man. (ed. 118) III. v. 6553 Collapse or overturning of any lift, hoist, crane, excavator or mobile powered access platform..might have been liable to cause a major injury to any person. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overturningadj. That overturns something; (also) that turns over or revolves (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > [adjective] > revolving revolute?a1475 overturning1532 orby?1609 revolving1612 rolling1656 wheeling1725 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxv None age, none ouertournynge tyme, but hytherto had no tyme ne power to chaunge the weddyng, ne the knotte to vnbynde. 1649 T. Forde Lusus Fortunæ 83 Neither Power nor Riches can scotch the over-turning wheel of fortune. a1889 R. Browning Paracelsus II. iii. 105 Then, for the principles, they are so simple (Being chiefly of the overturning sort). 1911 J. Husband & W. Harby Structural Engin. ix. 278 Wind bracing in roofs is employed to counteract the overturning moment of the wind acting on the ends. 1991 Sci. Amer. Apr. 44 (caption) Each dot represents a particle having a certain position and velocity at one instant in a steepening, breaking and overturning shock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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