单词 | revealing |
释义 | revealingn. The action or an act of disclosing information, (in early use) esp. by divine or supernatural means; revelation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] lightOE lightingOE inspiration1303 illuminationsc1340 inyettingc1340 revelationc1384 oraclec1425 revealingc1429 informationc1450 infusionc1450 illustrationc1480 gospel1481 aspirationc1534 illuminating1561 afflation1576 entheos1594 enthusiasm1595 flame-light1611 illapse1614 inspirement1616 spiration1629 respirationa1631 irradiation1631 income1647 afflatus1649 theopneustian1660 entheasm1752 prana1785 inflation1835 theopneusty1847 inflatusa1861 theopneustia1894 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] discoveringa1375 nakeninga1382 bewrayingc1386 detection1471 discoverture?1473 revelationc1485 disclosinga1513 disclosurea1525 disclose1548 overture1548 patefaction1553 displaying1556 discovery1567 unripping1568 revealment1576 discoverment1578 retection1581 unmaskinga1586 unclasping?1592 denudation1593 untrussing1597 uncovering1598 detecting1604 divulging1604 divulgation1610 unvizardinga1628 exposinga1631 divulgement1632 unbowellinga1639 unfolding1646 revealinga1649 unrolling1648 pre-discovery1653 discoverance1664 unshelling1670 development1760 unveilinga1774 disclosal1786 displayment1801 divulgence1851 revelationism1854 unbosoming1910 uncovery1963 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4734 Thilk frere..Hadde revelings dyvine and consolaciounes. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 100 (MED) No man schulde be moved aȝens the feith ther of..without evidencis takun vpon Goddis affermyng or Goddis reveling. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. viii. §29 For whiche cause the faithful did..maruelously esteme the reuelyng of the Sabbat. 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 1084 The Prophete..had especiall warrant by Gods especial reuealing, so to bidde them. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 108 The revealing of which to the World was a Secret..derogatory to the Pontificial State. 1688 W. Mountfort Injur'd Lovers iv. i. 37 Dost thou not dread the fatal consequence Must issue from revealing of this mischief? 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxviii. 291 Not to keep her own secret, when the revealing of it could answer no possible good end. 1798 F. Burney Jrnls. 20 Sept. (1973) IV. 198 How black do those revealings bring out a young man for whose family we have so justly been interested. 1836 J. Wilson Sacred Pneumatol. ii. iii. 155 The creation of the world, and the revealing of the Gospel to mankind, were both effected by miracles. 1880 Nature 29 Apr. 627/2 He then approaches gradually till a second position is reached, when the revealing of the second light does produce a movement of the iris. 1918 W. J. Jupp Wayfarings viii. 93 The revealings of a spirit fellowly and accordant with his own. 1966 K. Burke Lang. as Symbolic Action ii. vi. 192 Even the crudest of sensory perceptions can be treated as the revealing of nature's mysteries. 2004 N.Y. Mag. 7 June 36/1 No reporting on forthcoming military tactics, no revealing of sensitive information about troop positions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). revealingadj. 1. That discloses or divulges something secret or previously unknown; that makes interesting or significant information known or apparent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] revealing1563 telltale1579 discoveringa1631 proditoriousa1639 revelative1652 unfolding1762 unconcealing1804 revelatory1821 eye-opening1825 disclosing1892 now-it-can-be-told1932 society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] > that reveals revealing1563 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 710/1 Diuers of the articles pretensed, are superfluous and impertinent not reueling, though they were proued. 1630 J. Sharpe Triall Protestant Priuate Spirit i. 28 Their scripture is not to them a proponent, but (if it were true scripture) a reuealing cause, because in it is reuealed truth. 1672 G. Downing Disc. 19 The Omnipotent God..did..cause an Indian that should have been an Executioner, to be a revealing Deliverer. 1714 J. Hughes tr. Lucan Story of Sextus & Erichtho in tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine vi. 112 They, who boldly dare inquire their Fate..Are told the Truth by the revealing Spright. 1756 L. Dermott Ahiman Rezon 6 This Affair being so urgent,..the revealing Woman must prolocute for herself and the rest. 1860 J. Cochran Revelation of John ii. ii. 191 The revealing angel throws some light upon the second sense of the allegory. 1893 H. James Ess. in London & Elsewhere 126 She sent the speaker a touching, a revealing sonnet. 1927 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. II. 210 The second rebellion against Henry II was a longer and much more revealing thing than the first. 1964 W. R. Brain Doctors Past & Present 95 A man's conversation is more revealing than any description of him. 2003 Sci Fi Oct. 77/1 It's a revealing look at how a small-time mobster gets treated like royalty. 2. a. Esp. of light: that makes a person or thing visible; that exposes a person or thing to view. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H3 Reuealing day through euery crannie spies. View more context for this quotation 1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur viii. 214 The Sun himself whose bright revealing Ray..From these dark Seats removes the Shades of Night. 1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 224 Conceal themselves from all revealing Light. 1816 M. Holford Margaret of Anjou 262 Of day's revealing glance afraid, Dispers'd each darkling ambuscade. 1879 Baptist Mag. Jan. 25 Bringing the revealing power of his microscope to bear on the water he drank, it was shown that even that was full of living things. 1907 Sunset Mag. May 10/1 The earth hides uncounted mineral treasures which need only the revealing hand of the prospector. 1993 D. R. Koontz Mr. Murder iii. vi. 459 The body..was bathed in the mercilessly revealing beam of the flashlight. b. Of an item of clothing: that reveals more of the wearer's body than is considered usual or appropriate.In quot. 1908 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1908 R. Lynd Irish & Eng. 197 The trees green and shining, as though some nymph-like spirit had descended and put on the leaves for a revealing garment. 1910 Boston Cooking-school Mag. Nov. 175/1 It is almost irreverent to wear a hobble dress to church. It is as bad form to wear the ‘intimate’, revealing dress of long lines in sinuous draperies, as it is execrable to wear it at any time. 1958 Jet 20 Nov. 43 [She] pranced out on the Concord Plaza ballroom floor in a revealing outfit of flesh colored, skin-tight net. 1989 Miami Herald (Nexis) 29 Aug. a1 [She] would never pose on top of a pile of cash, nor would she ever wear a dress that revealing. 2007 Grazia 9 July 95 Scarlett swears by: a Brazilian wax for those revealing bikinis. Derivatives reˈvealingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adverb] into opena1382 up1593 revealingly1846 apocalyptically1848 1846 E. Robinson Cæsar Borgia I. xiii. 260 We must to horse ere the sun looks too revealingly down upon our enterprise. 1921 Munsey's Mag. Nov. 230/2 She held herself calmly, but the color came and went revealingly in her cheeks. 2003 Marie Claire Dec. 115/3 If we pass a woman dressed revealingly, I check he isn't eyeing her up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429adj.1563 |
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