单词 | recounting |
释义 | recountingn.1 The action or an act of recounting a matter or matters; telling, narration; enumeration. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] spellc888 talec1000 telling?c1225 relationc1390 fablec1400 collationc1430 deliverance1431 narrationc1449 exposition1460 recounting1485 deducing1530 recital1565 delivery1592 reporting1603 retailing1609 recountmenta1616 narrative1748 narrating1802 deducement1820 recountal1825 retailment1832 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. aij/1 In recountyng of hye hystoryes, the comune vnderstondyng is better content to the ymagynacion local than to symple auctoryte. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. D.iiv My recountyng is Of them that do amys. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iii. 13 If controuersie arise, and be worth the recounting the matter shall not sleepe. a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1610) 73 The re~counting of thy fortunes is nothing so pleasing unto others. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania ii. 92 If you can suffer the exercise of your Patience, it may be the recounting of my Ill may further others Good. 1722 E. Haywood Brit. Recluse (ed. 2) 128 So much time has been taken up in the recounting of my own affairs. 1760 in J. Almon Hist. Parl. (1764) 329 The recounting of them must give us a fresh spirit of joy. 1834 T. F. Gordon Hist. New Jersey 82 The governor addressed them with the customary speech; to which, they replied, by repetition of former grievances, and recounting of new ones. 1888 Folk-lore Jrnl. 6 45 The name of Hongai Sama is, however, used only in worship, not in the recounting of the myth. 1930 Times 21 Mar. 7/5 A description of the rounds would involve the recounting of so many boxing vices that it is better left alone. 1961 World Politics 14 191 The recounting of interminable detail would clog and divert the narrative. 1995 Briarpatch Mar. 28/2 Cameron's recounting of these and other shenanigans while the Tories were in office, is detailed and disturbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). recountingn.2 A second or subsequent counting, esp. of votes in an election; the act of counting something again. ΚΠ 1793 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. I Ailgyvriviad, a re-counting; a re-enumeration. 1877 H. J. Campbell Let. 9 Jan. in E. McPherson Hand-bk. Politics (1878) vii. 62/2 In this state of siege..a recounting of the Presidential vote of the State will be attempted by the Nicholls party in the interest of Tilden. 1892 Daily News 23 Mar. 2/1 The vote being taken first by show of hands and afterwards by a recounting of members standing up. 1918 Deb. Mass. Constit. Convent., 1917–1918 32 Give us confidence by giving us a recounting of the votes for the delegates who are here. 1961 Times 25 Sept. 9/4 The counting and recounting of the low poll took more than two hours. 1998 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 29/2 A grisly recounting of casualties and causalities of the war has ensued. Not as many people were killed or raped as reported. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11485n.21793 |
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