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单词 pipling
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piplingadj.n.

Forms: late Middle English pepyllyng, late Middle English pipelyng, late Middle English pyplynge, 1500s pimpelyng, 1500s pipplyng, 1500s–1600s (1800s Scottish) pipling.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe v.1, -le suffix, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Apparently < pipe v.1 + -le suffix + -ing suffix2. Compare later pipple v.
Obsolete. archaic in later use.
A. adj.
Of the wind: blowing gently; making a soft whistling sound. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > rippling
pibling1573
purlinga1586
pipling1601
lapsinga1771
1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 881 That inspiracioun whech comth fro aboue..as a spirit of loue..comth ful esily as a pipelyng wynde.
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Yong scolers..enbolmed with the flyblowen blast of the moche vayne glorious pipplyng wynde.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. O.iijv Sound of pipling wind, eftsones to depes their ships doth call.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 65 Had not I such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced.
1601 H. Clapham Ælohim-triune sig. Bv At mountaines foote I see a pipling Spring, Deriued from the mountaines Spoonge vnseene.
1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod ii. ix They sat down to enjoy the ‘soft pipling cold’ which swung all the leaves about.
B. n.
Gentle blowing or wafting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blowing > gently
pipling1558
breathing1587
fanning1712
whiffle1842
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. F.iv Whan the..wind with pipling sweete Is out at sowth, and to the seas to saill doth call the fleete.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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