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单词 pinging
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pingingn.1

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ping v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ping v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
The action of pricking or stabbing.
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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

Brit. /ˈpɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ping int., -ing suffix1; ping v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ping int. + -ing suffix1. In later use partly also < ping v.2 + -ing suffix1.With sense 2 compare ping n. 3a.
1.
a. The production or occurrence of a ping or pings; the sound itself.
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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
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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.
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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.

Brit. /ˈpɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ping v.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < ping v.2 + -ing suffix2.
That makes a short, resonant, high-pitched sound; that pings.
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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).
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