| 单词 | putting on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasputting on putting on n. (a) the action of putting something on; (b) attributive designating a person employed in placing something on something else (in manufacturing, etc.) (rare). ΚΠ 1527 Edinb. Hammermen f. 121, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) For puttin on of ane mullor on the sylour. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 119 Lord Angelo..awakens mee With this vnwonted putting on . View more context for this quotation 1645 D. Featley Καταβάπτισται Κατάπτυστοι: Dippers Dipt 61 Baptisme is..the putting on of Christ. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) The putting on of the Rudder is call'd, Hanging of it. 1839 Guide to Trade, Printer 40 Putting-on Boys. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey i. 7 A putting on of the armour of light. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 443 After the hides, splits and buffings are softened they go to the ‘patcher’, whose business it is to patch up the pieces by the putting on of a patch with glue. 1968 Listener 31 Oct. 566/1 They acknowledged their debt to McLuhan and paraded his definition of modern myths—the putting on of an audience and its environment. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 8/1 Wooden roofs are now being substituted mostly in all cases and the putting on of them is generally superintended by practical joiners. < as lemmas |
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