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单词 refraining
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refrainingn.1

Brit. /rᵻˈfreɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈfreɪnɪŋ/, /riˈfreɪnɪŋ/
Forms: see refrain v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: refrain v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < refrain v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of refrain v.; (also occasionally) an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun]
havingeOE
holdc1230
withholdingc1386
restrainingc1390
refraininga1398
repression?a1425
repressing1431
bridlingc1443
restraint1443
restrainc1449
repressurec1487
restingc1503
abstention1521
controlling1523
controlment1525
distrain1531
staying1563
control1564
refrain1568
retention1578
check1579
restrainment1579
refranation1583
cohibition1586
withholdment1640
curbing1661
coercion1827
chastenment1882
detent1907
clamp-down1940
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 266v Þe asse..is y-lad hider and þider..by refreynynge of the bernacle.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 6222 (MED) Rakil tunges, for lak off refreynyng, To many a man hath be ful gret hyndryng.
a1500 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Royal) in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 22 In fastynge, wakeynge, and in refreynynge of thi flesshly lustis.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Mviiiv They profite moche in the refreynyng or leauyng of vnlawfull pleasures.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Refrenation, a refraining.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Continency..a refraining from all things delightful that hinder perfection.
1799 T. Pickering Let. 3 Aug. in Early Amer. Trade with Mauritius (1954) 45 No such disavowal and refraining from aggressions, depredations and hostilities having taken place Congress [etc.].
1857 S. Winkworth Life Tauler in Tauler's Serm. 56 All her works and refrainings will give her no content.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xv. 312 The refraining from pushing conclusions beyond what the evidences warrant.
1939 Amer. Antiq. 4 365 The lack of comparative work is more than compensated for by the refraining..from theorizing and generalizing from incomplete data.
2006 J. Goody Theft of Hist. x. 274 The romantic tradition, the refraining from intimate sexual acts, and the man's subordination to the lady.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

refrainingn.2

Forms: late Middle English refreynynge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: refrain n.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < refrain n.1 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
The act of singing a refrain.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > singing of refrain
refraininga1425
fol-de-rollinga1847
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 749 Wel coude she synge..And couthe make in song sich refreynynge [Fr. refrains] It sat hir wondir wel to synge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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