单词 | refraining |
释义 | refrainingn.1 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 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). < n.1a1398n.2a1425 |
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