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单词 protracting
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protractingn.

Brit. /prəˈtraktɪŋ/, U.S. /prəˈtræktɪŋ/, /proʊˈtræktɪŋ/
Forms: see protract v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protract v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < protract v. + -ing suffix1.
1.
a. The putting off or postponement of an action; delaying. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]
longingeOE
bideOE
abodec1225
bodea1300
demura1300
dwella1300
litinga1300
delayc1300
delayingc1300
demurrancec1300
but honec1325
without ensoignec1325
abidec1330
dretchingc1330
dwellingc1330
essoinc1330
tarrying1340
litea1350
delaymenta1393
respitea1393
oversettinga1398
delayancea1400
delitea1400
lingeringa1400
stounding?a1400
sunyiea1400
targea1400
train?a1400
deferring14..
dilation14..
dayc1405
prolongingc1425
spacec1430
adjourningc1436
retardationc1437
prolongation?a1439
training1440
adjournment1445
sleuthingc1450
tarry1451
tarriance1460
prorogation1476
oversetc1485
tarriage1488
debaid1489
supersedement1492
superseding1494
off-putting1496
postponing1496
tract1503
dilating1509
sparinga1513
hafting1519
sufferance1523
tracking1524
sticking1525
stay1530
pause1532
protraction1535
tracting1535
protract of time1536
protracting1540
postposition1546
staying1546
procrastination1548
difference1559
surceasing1560
tardation1568
detract1570
detracting1572
tarryment1575
rejourning1578
detraction1579
longness1579
rejournment1579
holding1581
reprieving1583
cunctation1585
retarding1585
retardance1586
temporizing1587
by and by1591
suspensea1592
procrastinatinga1594
tardance1595
linger1597
forslacking1600
morrowing1602
recess1603
deferment1612
attendance1614
put-off1623
adjournal1627
fristing1637
hanging-up1638
retardment1640
dilatoriness1642
suspension1645
stickagea1647
tardidation1647
transtemporation1651
demurragea1656
prolatation1656
prolation1656
moration1658
perendination1658
offput1730
retardure1751
postponement1757
retard1781
traverse1799
tarrowing1832
mañana1845
temporization1888
procrastinativeness1893
deferral1895
traa dy liooar1897
stalling1927
heel-tapping1949
off-put1970
1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Cromwell f. 240 I think he protract the tretyng w[i]t[h] them by eny oth[e]r (of wiche protractyng the byshopp of lynden grettly co[m]plainethe.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 125 More oftentimes profiteth and helpeth hee by protracting, then venturing rashly.
1608 Mem. in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 76 The protracting of a plantation until the Ward come to years.
b. The extending or prolonging of time so as to cause delay; dilatory action. Only in protracting of time. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxixv The duke of Bedford..not content with their whisperynges and protractyng of tyme.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 590 Through his long delay, and protracting of time to make all thinges sure, he let slippe sundry occasions of notable exploytes, wherein good seruice might haue bene done.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 114 If any danger be likely to ensue by the protracting of time.
1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith xiv. 174 This the Secretary shewed her the inconvenience of, namely, that it would be a protracting of time.
c. The extending or prolonging of an action in time.
ΚΠ
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 31v The Galles were now weary with long protracting of the war.
1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law (1602) i. 75 The tedious and odious protracting of suits.
1859 J. G. Palfrey Hist. New Eng. I. xi. 464 His officers shrank from..leaving their homes so long undefended as the protracting of the campaign through several days would require.
1962 Times 27 Nov. 3/6 The protracting of what is essentially a one-day or at most two day programme over three days seems indefensible.
1963 J. A. Yunck Lineage Lady Meed iv. ii. 154 Such practices as the deliberate protracting of litigation or the jumping from client to client for higher fees could be carried on with impunity.
2. Drawing or plotting out to scale; delineation. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun]
tracingc1440
drawing1467
draught1551
protracture1551
delineation1570
proposition1584
delineating1603
protracting1661
iconography1678
graphic design1956
1661 J. Brown Descr. & Use Joynt-rule xvii. 91 These lines of equal parts serve as Scales, for the protracting of any Draught of house or field, or the like.
1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification (title page) in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. The Scale, for speedy Protracting of any Fort.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying These squares and long squares need no protracting; for you need only to multiply the chains and links of the length, by the chains and links of the breadth.

Compounds

General attributive, denoting instruments used in drawing and plotting (cf. sense 2), as †protracting-bevel, †protracting-needle, †protracting pin, etc.
ΚΠ
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. xi. 178 To know the Rhomb between any two Places..by a Protracting Quadrant.
1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 16 Protracting Pin, a taper piece of brass with a Point of Silver, to draw black Lines on Mathematical Paper, and a small Head..which holds a fine Needle to prick off any Degree and part from the Protractor.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Having drawn lines with the point of the compasses, or a protracting-needle, the intersections represent the angles.
1860 W. E. Newton Brit. Patent 1793 (1861) 1 An improved mathematical or plotting instrument which I intend to denominate a protracting trigonometer.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Protracting-bevel, a plotting-instrument having a protracting sector and a prolongation of one radius, which forms a rule.
1877 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 175/3 The patent right to..protracting bevel, $100.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

protractingadj.

Brit. /prəˈtraktɪŋ/, U.S. /prəˈtræktɪŋ/, /proʊˈtræktɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protract v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < protract v. + -ing suffix2.
That protracts; delaying or time-consuming; (in later use) extending.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective]
tarryingc1386
delayous1469
oversettingc1485
dilator1503
tarrysome1513
lingeringa1547
deferringc1565
delaying1576
dilatory1581
driving1585
protractive1596
tarrowinga1598
delayful1600
protracting1600
cunctative1617
suspensivea1623
remorala1625
Penelopeana1627
demurrant1633
remorating1638
retarding1654
tardative1666
temporizing1801
procrastinative1824
tomorrowing1824
procrastinatory1839
postponing1852
cunctatory1862
cunctatious1864
traa dy liooar1878
suspensory1884
off-putting1894
1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie 29 He might rather molest them by a protracting fight.
1696 M. Pix Inhumane Cardinal 94 Nothing was so hateful to the Cardinal and Olimpia, as this protracting time because they lay liable to a hundred accidents that might betray them.
1796 R. Burns Let. 4 July in Wks. (1855) 444/2 This protracting, slow, consuming illness which hangs over me.
1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Julian the Apostate in Dramat. Scenes i Never! A dull, protracting, melancholy word That in an alien language, talks despair.
1970 Evolution 24 452/2 Ornithischians and birds..dispensed with the protracting action of the M[usculus] pubo-ischio-femoralis externus.
1990 Condor 92 20/2 The protracting tongue builds up extra pressure in the rostral part of the mouth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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