单词 | pinging |
释义 | † pingingn.1 Obsolete. The action of pricking or stabbing. ΚΠ a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxi. 5 In spittynge, buffetynge, and pungynge with the thornes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). pingingn.2 1. a. The production or occurrence of a ping or pings; the sound itself. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > ping ding1837 pinging1854 zing1902 whing1912 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 306/2 There was no ping pinging of the shot overhead.] 1854 Times 24 Nov. 6/6 The ‘pinging’ of their balls below showed the direction of their fire. 1898 Daily News 10 Dec. 6/5 Pinging of harps, tootling of flutes. 1957 Times 18 May 7/7 At first the drops fell in them [sc. the pails and basins] with a high, sharp pinging. 1982 B. MacLaverty Time to Dance (1985) 31 The high pinging of the blacksmith's hammer. 1990 K. Wozencraft Rush xii. 123 I heard the metallic pinging as the stones hit his trunk. b. spec. (chiefly U.S. and Australian): = pinking n.3 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > noise in knock1899 put-put1905 pinking1910 ping1927 pink1927 putter1942 pinging1955 1955 Pop. Mech. Nov. 203/2 Retard the spark a little at a time..until no pinging is heard. 1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 1 Feb. 13/4 Tetra-ethyl lead is used to raise octane ratings, reduce engine knock or pinging and minimise engine misfires. 1995 MW : Mod. Woman May 50/1 Gasoline sometimes burns roughly, a condition called ‘knocking’ or ‘pinging’. 2. The transmission of pings by sonar or similar underwater equipment. Cf. ping n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > system investigating sea, atmosphere, etc. > pulse emitted by > production of pinging1955 1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses i. 32 Silence fell, a silence broken only by the patter of sleet and hail and the weird haunting pinging of the Asdic. 1973 Times 27 Dec. 3/2 Teams of 71 Squadron split into two daily shifts, poring over the sands between tides to the ‘pinging’ of mine detectors. 2003 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 Jan. 83 A device that would allow its missile-carrying Trident boats to sneak through the North Atlantic's underwater canyons without having to use active sonar, the pinging from which gives away their position. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pingingadj. That makes a short, resonant, high-pitched sound; that pings. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adjective] > pinging pinging1865 zinging1930 1865 Daily Tel. 29 May 5/2 The visit of pinging balls and cracking shells. 1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby iii. 40 Mosquitoes..whose pinging chorus sounded like a battle-cry. 1973 Gramophone Jan. 1363/2 Her control of tone-colour from her uniquely ravishingly half-tone to pinging fortissimo..is flawless. 1995 Times 4 Nov. (Weekend section) 4/8 Out beyond the reeds, coots were making pinging cries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1500n.21854adj.1865 |
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