单词 | polluting |
释义 | pollutingn. The action of pollute v.; an instance of this; (originally) spec. †desecration (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling wemming1100 sulpinga1350 defouling1382 pollutionc1422 pollutinga1449 deturpation1490 defiling1585 commaculation1637 defilement1637 sullage1641 infoedation1661 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] solwinessa1300 befiling1340 filing1340 sulpinga1350 defouling1382 defoula1387 pollutionc1422 inquination1447 contagya1513 coinquination?1550 defiling1585 dirting1591 tainture1609 impuration1614 conspurcation1616 contamination1620 empoisonment1626 defilement1637 contagion1662 dirtying1674 polluting1897 a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 131 (MED) As for the violent shedyng of blode and pollutyng of the Churche of one John Pawton, they seyn that therto they have yeve sufficiant answer. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. xcvi Destruccyon of monasteryes, castynge oute of relygyon, expulsyon of chastyte,..prophanyng of chyrches, pollutyng of aulters, blasphemynge of sayntes. 1580 H. Gifford Epist. Claudius Ptholomæus in Wks. (1875) 35 Euery one holdes her [sc. poverty] in contempt, filling her with..most spitefull pollutinges. 1609 G. Downame Treat. Christian Libertie 31 The contrarie to sanctifying, is polluting. 1671 R. Baxter Def. Princ. Love i. 48 This offering up of their mistakes to God, in earnestness, as an acceptable service, is a sad polluting of holy things. 1833 Biblical Repertory July 308 All this was done, to prevent the polluting of the ordinance by such as walk scandalously. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 475 It saved the polluting of a long stretch of market road. 1925 Times 9 May 14/7 The polluting of our seashore by oil discharged from sea-going ships. 1991 Environment Digest Oct. 12/3 (heading) Chemical company fined twice for polluting of Irish Sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pollutingadj. 1. That causes spiritual impurity; morally corrupting, profane. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C8 Factors for lewdnes, brokers for the deuill, Infect our soules with all polluting euill. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 631 My Hell-hounds, to lick up the draff and filth Which mans polluting Sin with taint hath shed On what was pure. View more context for this quotation 1708 Acct. Remarkable Passages Life Private Gentleman 25 Those ill Dispositions, that at first seduc'd them, to take pleasure in such polluting Communications. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 100 The necessary effect of the divine anger for their polluting sin, contrary to their old traditional law of female purity. 1816 M. Holford Margaret of Anjou iii. xxxvii. 123 There Cain's polluting blot abides. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xix. 29 Religion can have no place in our collapsed minds, where linger only hideous and polluting recollections of vice. 1917 Times 27 Mar. 9/1 The manifest loss of moral in the foe, as the soil is purged of his polluting presence. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 46/1 French patriots are pressing for linguistic tariffs to protect their national language from the polluting effects of English. 2. That causes physical impurity; (now) esp. that contaminates the environment with harmful or poisonous substances, or excessive levels of light, noise, organic waste, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > polluting polluting1718 pollutable1888 inquinating1914 1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 308 Euphrates..copious runs, but Muddy; And carries forward with his stupid Force Polluting Dirt. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 27 Her pining sons uplifted Their prostrate brows from the polluting dust. 1855 Times 26 July 8/5 The sewage of this vast city constitutes far too large a body of polluting matter to be thrown into the river. 1933 Water Pollution Res. Techn. Paper (D.S.I.R.) No. 3. 134 It is based on the conditions which result when sewage or similar polluting liquids flow into small streams. 2003 Independent 28 Apr. i. 14/1 Money raised by taxing polluting products should be returned to the consumer through tax reliefs on ‘green’ products. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1449adj.1598 |
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