| 单词 | ramming | 
| 释义 | rammingn.1  The action of ram v.1   (in various senses). Also with in. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > 			[noun]		 > consolidating by beating ramming1440 punning1838 ram1864   Promptorium Parvulorum 		(Harl. 221)	 422  				Rammynge, of a grownde, tritura, pressura. 1464    in  W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham 		(1883)	 II. 371  				For makyng of holes and rammyng..iiijd. 1591    R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Maçoneria  				Ramming in. a1642    H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. 		(1984)	 112  				The rest have rammers for ramminge and beatinge of the earth downe into the hole. 1684    S. Pordage tr.  T. Willis Of Feavers in  Pract. Physick 		(rev. ed.)	 86  				This impetuous flowing of the Blood, wherewith (as it were by a certain Ramming) the membranes of the Head being distended, ake grievously. 1704    Dict. Rusticum at Water-Pools for Cattle  				A good bed of Clay near half a foot thick must be laid, and after a long and laborious ramming of it, another Course of Clay of the same thickness must be laid. 1765    R. Jones New Treat. Artific. Fireworks iii. 102  				In the ramming of gerbes, there will be no need of a mould, the cases being sufficiently strong to support themselves. 1822    Times 14 Nov. 3/6  				From the ramming and other force used in such repairs..the gas service-pipe was at length broken. 1876    G. E. Voyle  & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. 		(ed. 3)	 325/2  				Ramming is essential for the stability of the ramparts. 1928    Econ. Jrnl. 38 179  				The result is volume production, the ramming of goods down consumers' throats. 1948    J. E. Garside in  H. W. Baker Mod. Workshop Technol. I. iii. 65  				For the ramming of sand moulds, a machine known as the ‘sand slinger’ is often used. 1988    F. Welsh Building Trireme viii. 188  				Simulated war tactics—sharp turns, ramming, recovery and accelerating away. 2006    Times-Picayune 		(New Orleans)	 		(Nexis)	 8 June 99  				Although the ramming damaged the three ships, the Mississippi disabled the Manassas with heavy canon fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rammingn.2 Obsolete.   Copulation of rams with ewes; mating by sheep. Frequently attributive, as  ramming season,  ramming time. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > 			[noun]		 > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > mating ramminga1525 blissoming1589 tupping1654 a1525						 (?1474)						    Coventry Leet Bk. 		(1908)	 II. 398 (MED)  				Þat he sle no..Cowe þat is a bullyng nor grete with Calffe, nor no Ewye that is on Rammyng nor grete with lambe. 1561    Bible 		(Geneva)	 Genesis xxx. 41  				And in euerie ramming tyme of the stronger shepe, Iaakôb laied the roddes before the eies of the shepe in the gutters that thei might conceiue before the roddes. 1578    W. Hunnis Hyue Full of Hunnye f. 75v  				But in the Ramming time of yeare when Sheepe most feeble bee He did forbeare his Rodds to lay. 1590    H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes  iv. f. 163  				The spotted stickes being laide before Labans sheepe at the ramming time. 1607    E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 628  				By the behauiour of Sheepe at their rutting or ramming time the Sheapheardes obserue tempests. 1633    Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts 33  				For in ramming time, God premonished me in a dream, of this course of enriching myself. 1705    A. Symson Tripatriarchicon 215  				It came to pass in ramming time. 1743    W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Nov. xiii. 330  				By this Time, the Ramming Season is over. 1749    W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep vii. 96  				If a Person is so imprudent as to geld Lambs in the Ramming Time, it is a Chance if they don't die. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2018). rammingadj. 1.  Very large, huge. Now English regional (north-east midlands and northern).In quot. a1640   involving a sexual innuendo with allusion to ram v.1 3,   4. ΚΠ a1640    F. Beaumont  et al.  Loves Cure  v. iii, in  F. Beaumont  & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. 		(1647)	 146  				My Pistoll is no ordinary Pistoll, it has two ramming Bullets. 1864    J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 226  				He worried a great, ramming rat. 1887    Penrith Obs. 29 Mar. 6/1  				The girt ramman keale pot. 1900    J. Good Gloss. Words E. Lincs. 		(?1994)	 I. 69  				Rammin, big, great, immense. 1928    A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 101/1  				A rammin gert hoss. 1995    J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 239/2  				E's got a rammin' gret rafty owd barn an nowt in it. ΚΠ 1825    Sporting Mag. 17 38  				The most ramming, cramming, jamming cove you ever saw perform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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