单词 | reinforcing |
释义 | reinforcingn. 1. The action of strengthening a person or thing (in various senses of reinforce v.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > reinforcing stuffing1533 supplement1548 renforcing1566 reinforcing1606 reinforcement1609 re-enforcing1611 reincrew1627 enforcement1643 recruit1645 society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > processes in fine boring1789 chambering1827 percussioning1846 coiling1862 reinforcing1868 actioning1871 blowing1881 tubage1882 flint-knapping1887 chase-hooping1888 zeroing1908 sighting-in1958 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 92 By causing vacuums or reinforcing of spirits together in narrowe straights and Cylinders. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 26 In reinforcing of the fleete with more men and munition. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. xiv. 176 Your confident re-inforcing of your comparison. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Re-inforcement, a reinforcing. 1830 Times 20 Apr. 2/5 As soon as the first accounts of the new French revolution were received, mention was made of the reinforcing of the garrisons of the fortresses of the Confederation. 1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 131 The strongest argument which the advocates of re-inforcing use in their favour is, ‘that they prevent the gun from bursting explosively’. 1933 A. Lobanov-Rostovsky Russia & Asia viii. 184 He ordered the closing of the frontier and the reinforcing of the military posts. 1961 H. J. Klausmeier Learning & Human Abilities i. 25 The reinforcing of correct responses by the teacher may serve as a form of conditioning or as a means of helping learners confirm correct responses. 2001 A. M. Gunn Impact of Geol. on U.S. x. 212 Earlier codes provided for..the reinforcing of masonry structures in order to minimize the effects of severe earth shaking. 2. A structure or material that reinforces something (cf. reinforce n. 3, reinforcement n. 6). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > strengthening structure or material reinforce1869 reinforcing1900 reinforcement2004 1900 17th Ann. Rep. Railroad Commissioners N.Y. I. 462 Some open-web girders are used which have more metal, and the reinforcing is not considered necessary. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms viii. 80 Some magazines have a heavy reinforcing over the mouth. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 426/1 As reinforcing for concrete, steel in several of the following forms may be used. 1993 Canad. Interiors Oct. 44 Every panel is removable, supported by bolts into plywood reinforcing. 2002 WindSurfing Mar. 69/1 Wood and kevlar reinforcing in high-impact areas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reinforcingadj. That reinforces (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > [adjective] > strengthening reinforcing1660 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos i. ii. 31 W's reinforcing reply. 1815 H. Wheaton Digest of Law Maritime Captures & Prizes 295 The flag officer is denied a right to share..in prizes made by a reinforcing squadron, before it shall arrive within the limits of the command of the superior flag officer. 1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 288 Having a reinforcing army. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 197 A strong secondary reinforcing plate..was firmly fixed to one side of it. 1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. v. 175 Gentle stimuli to the skin of a limb exerted a reinforcing influence on closely following stimuli applied to the limb region of the cortex of the brain. 1949 L. J. Postman & J. P. Egan Exper. Psychol. xiv. 298 The instrumental response and the classical response have both been established through the same reinforcing stimulus—food. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Aug. 1/5 Three major steel companies..were indicted yesterday..on charges of violating anti-trust law in the sale of reinforcing steel bars in Texas. 2006 Science 6 Oct. 59/3 The mesolimbic dopamine neurons that innervate the nucleus acumbens mediate the acute reinforcing effects of addictive drugs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1606adj.1660 |
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