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单词 rousing
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rousingn.1

Brit. /ˈraʊzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraʊzɪŋ/
Forms: see rouse v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rouse v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < rouse v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of rouse v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also rousing up. Cf. rabble-rousing n.In quot. ?a1563 perhaps: the characteristic bellowing of a deer.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun]
heartingOE
coolingc1350
refreshinga1382
recreationa1393
easement?a1400
rehetinga1400
freshing1422
refrigery?a1425
refectionc1450
refreshmenta1470
refrigeration1502
corroborating1530
recreating1538
comfortation1543
repast1546
rousing?a1563
refocillation1570
refresh1592
inanimationa1631
recruita1643
irrigationa1660
quicking1661
invigoration1662
reinvigoration1663
recuperation1703
rally1826
recruiting1840
energizing1841
recreance1842
inspiriting1846
animation1855
recruitment1862
inspiritment1886
pepping up1916
the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > shaking of feathers
rousing?a1563
rouse1589
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > being roused from inaction
wakeningc1440
stightlinga1500
rousing?a1563
starting up1567
awakening1599
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action > rousing to activity
stirring1530
rousing?a1563
stirring?c1580
shake-up1847
shaking1866
?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1584) ii. sig. D Humming of bees, rousing of Bucks, gagling of ducks.
c1580 tr. Bugbears Epil., in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 With sowcynges, with rowsynges, with bownsynges.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 310 A rowsing of her feathers & a vayne flapping of her wings.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 31 Rousing is..pulling the slacknesse of any Cables with mens hands into the Ship.
1634 W. Burton (title) The rowsing of the sluggard. Deliuered in seuen sermons.
1716 E. Baynard Health 19 Firments, in the Body pent, which Early Rowzing may prevent.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §6. 128 Without this rousing they would become languid, and diseased.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 22 The addition of lime to the pyrolignous acid..is done in a large vessel by frequent rousings up.
1879 T. Martin Life Prince Consort IV. lxxix. 104 The end would be a rousing of all the evil passions.
1922 C. Glaser in D. M. Liddell Handbk. Chem. Engin. II. xvii. 597 The rousing of the wort produces much foam.
1965 V. Mylne 18th-Cent. French Novel iii. 47 We have already seen the importance attached by some French theorists to the rousing of the reader's emotions.
2005 D. J. Ratcliffe in A. R. L. Cayton Center of Great Empire ii. 55 Neither territory had to press for statehood before its population size justified it, and no great rousing of the populace was necessary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rousingn.2

Brit. /ˈraʊzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraʊzɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈrʌʊzɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rouse v.3, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < rouse v.3 (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix1.
Originally Scottish.
1. The sprinkling of fish (esp. herring) with salt, as part of the curing process. Cf. rouse v.3 Now rare.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving with salt
saltinga1300
powderinga1400
corning1655
saliture1657
rousing1667
1667 Edinb. Test. LXXIII. f. 107v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rousing cadge In the Harrin Barne..ane old pype cage twa rousing cadges with ane hering mett.
1700 Minuts Proc. in Parl. (Scotl.) 3 Aug. After debate upon the Clause relating to the Rousing of Herrings with Forreign Salt, it was put to the Vote.
1842 J. Wilson Voy. Scotl. II. 158 The necessities of gutting and rousing.
1867 T. F. Knight Shore & Deep Sea Fisheries of Nova Scotia 99 The herrings..receive the first part of the cure, called rousing or roiling—that is, working them well to and fro among salt.
1911 R. J. Duthie Art Fishcuring 3 The most important process in the curing of herrings is known as ‘rousing’... A few platefuls of salt are first thrown over the gutted herrings, [etc.].
1953 Econ. Geogr. 29 177/2 The fish are first gutted, then thrown into ‘rousing’ tubs to receive a coating of salt.
1981 D. Kazantzis et al. in J. G. Sutinen & R. B. Pollnac Small Scale Fisheries in Central Amer. vii. 116 The smoking of fish is usually preceded by a period of salting (also known as rousing).
2. A sprinkling or spraying with a liquid. Cf. rouse v.3 2. Obsolete. rare.
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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 127 It is recommended that new resins should be subject to a rough sifting and rousing in common soda-and-water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rousingn.3

Brit. /ˈraʊsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraʊsɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈræɔsɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈræusɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rouse v.4, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < rouse v.4 + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier rousting n.1
Australian and New Zealand colloquial. Now rare.
A reprimand, a scolding; the action of berating someone. Also rousing-on. Cf. rouse v.4, rousting n.1
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of
admonishingc1350
reproofc1400
fliting1435
rebuke?a1439
snibc1450
reprehensiona1500
redargution1514
remorda1529
piece of one's mind1536
check1541
snuba1556
rebuking1561
boba1566
sneap1600
snipping1601
reprimand1636
repriment1652
rubber1699
slap1736
twinkation1748
rap1777
throughgoing1817
dressing-down1823
downset1824
hazing1829
snubbing1841
downsetting1842
raking1852
calling1855
talking toc1875
rousting1900
strafe1915
strafing1915
raspberry1919
rousing1923
bottle1938
reaming1944
ticking-off1950
serve1967
1923 M. J. Petersen Jewelled Nights 164 He told me to give you a good rousing for not looking him up.
1934 V. Palmer Sea & Spinifex 182 Combo's one of those sulky devils that forget nothing... Can't take a bit of rousing as part of the day's work.
1948 C. B. Maxwell Cold Nose of Law 22 A rousing-on when he's done wrong is good enough.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rousingadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈraʊzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraʊzɪŋ/
Forms: see rouse v.1 and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rouse v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < rouse v.1 + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier rousing n.1
A. adj.
1. That excites or inspires someone or something; stirring; stimulating; inciting to action.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective]
cooling?c1425
comfortablec1440
refreshing1534
rousing1576
vegetant1576
reviving1579
refriscative1582
refrigerating1583
cordial1584
airy1591
freshing1591
animating1595
fertile1597
recreating1600
refective1611
refreshfula1614
comforting1623
refrigerant1626
erecting1654
cordialine1674
refocillating1675
corroboratinga1680
refectory1693
invigorating1694
restoring1697
freshful1734
enlivening1746–7
livelya1754
tonic1756
stimulatory1758
vivifying1768
energizing1786
stimulative1791
refreshening1807
vitalizing1813
stimulating1827
recuperative1843
invigorative1860
innerving1868
breezy1870
tonicizing1890
reparatory1893
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective]
stirring1421
excitative1490
rousing1576
animating1595
excitant1608
exciteful?1615
spirit-stirringa1616
spiritous1624
excitatinga1643
exagitating1646
fermentive1656
awakening1694
electrifying1746
upstirring1751
electrical1760
thrilling1768
excitive1774
proceleusmatic1775
electric1789
inspiriting1796
fermentitious1807
exciting1811
red-hot1835
hair-raising1838
suscitating1840
arousing1841
sizzling1845
zesty1853
excitory1861
throbbing1864
buzzing1882
ding-dong1887
thrillful1887
stir-up1890
large1895
thrilly1896
high voltage1909
voltaic1920
sizzly1936
Boy's Own1967
hot shit1967
crunk1995
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated > that rouses or animates
rousing1576
radioactive1905
1576 N. R. in G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. A.iij.v In rowsing verse, of Mauors bloudie raigne, The famous Greke, and Maro did excel.
1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D2 A bustling tempests rouzing blasts.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 51 Against negligence, or obstinacy will be requir'd a rousing volie of Pastorly threatnings.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ix. sig. Dd6v The careless Sensualists, that fly a rowzing Sermon.
1755 Connoisseur No. 92. ⁋8 Justice Silence..has no sooner swallowed the rousing cup, than he roars out a catch.
1822 W. Tennant Thane of Fife iii. lxi. 125 Fife's mountain-girdled hollow rung afar With sound of rousing pipe.
1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 830 He was the most rousing of our poets.
1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xix. 252 It is mainly a catalogue of grievances, together with rousing addresses.
1968 C. L. Mowat Brit. between Wars, 1918–1940 vi. 299 In his youth he had been..a rousing preacher in Baptist missions.
2002 Focus May 75/3 During World War Two donors were encouraged by rousing posters and tales of transfusions under fire.
2.
a. Of a sound: loud; vigorous, resounding.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
1640 J. D. Knave in Graine iii. sig. Gv Welladay, now by my Creed, And my merry Oaten Reed, Sike another rousing sigh Would well split me gay and blith.
1772 D. Gunston Jemmy Twitcher's Jests (new ed.) 43 A gentleman one day gave his servant a kick on the breech, upon which the fellow let a rousing fart.
1852 Hartford (Connecticut) Daily Courant 14 May 2/6 Resolutions were passed, and the meeting adjourned with three rousing cheers for Daniel Webster.
1864 Littell's Living Age 30 July 204/1 A flash of lightning, a rousing thunder-clap, and a deluge of rain increase the uproar.
1924 Boys' Life July 3/3 With a rousing shout Kak leapt to his feet, and cut a caper.
2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 255/2 Lines of several long metal trumpets..occasionally contribute rousing blasts in a deep growl.
b. Of a fire: burning vigorously; roaring. Now chiefly U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [adjective] > strong or brisk
sada1450
quick1604
rousing1654
strong1765
brisk1830
1654 Mercurius Fumigosus 6 Dec. 241 Bring forth good cheer, Tap your Christmas beer, and make a Rowsing fire.
1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 17 For our wise Rabble ne'er took pains t' enquire, What 'twas he burnt, so't made a rousing Fire.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 10 The weather was very cold,..and I had a rousing fire.
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 62 Thae flirds o' silk..Had I our doghter's at a candle, They'd mak' a been an' rowsan tandle.
1838 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1965) I. 366 A rousing fire half way up the chimney.
1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max I. vi. 110 Come into the parlour, there is a fine rousing fire that will soon warm you.
1908 Out West Sept. 298 We'll have one rousing blaze, and then wade home to the hotel.
1998 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 1 May 21 When Ed got her warm again by a rousing fire he wiped the canoe dry and got her in it.
c. Of a lie, etc.: outrageous, flagrant; blatantly untrue. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] > of a lie: gross
round1593
rousing1664
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity viii. 133 It were likewise a good roosing miracle, and bigger then belief, that a certain Holy House of the Virgin's should be carried out of Palestine into Italy by an invisible hand through the aire.
1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. A rousing lye, mendacium magnificum.
1794 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook i, in Poems (new ed.) I. 54 Ev'n Ministers they hae been kenn'd..A rousing whid, at times, to vend.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes liii. 401 Having told Frowenfeld a rousing fib.., he and his bride had the hardihood to present him on the front veranda.
1907 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 574/2 She should have banged the doors, or broken the teacups, or told one good, round, honest, rousing lie!
d. Of trade, business, etc.: brisk, lively; very successful.
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society > trade and finance > [adjective] > good or bad (of trade)
well-traded1609
sulke1636
quicka1687
dull1705
brisk1719
roaring1731
rousing1767
slow1823
briskish1864
upwith1864
excited1878
turnaway1943
1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. v. 19 A Jew..had the ill luck to die of a strangury, and leave his widow in possession of a rousing trade.
1846 Merry's Museum Nov. 149/2 I have no doubt he drives a rousing trade.
1873 Chron. 3 July 5/2 The Connecticut Mutual Life is doing a rousing business here.
1910 M. Watts Nathan Burke i. xxi. 300 We understood there was a rousing trade in ballot-stuffing.
1992 R. C. Newton ‘Nazi Menace’ in Argentina, 1931–1947 xvii. 317 Cold War and commercial imperatives had created a rousing commerce with Argentina in weapons and weapon-making equipment.
e. Of a pain, medical condition, etc.: intense; severe.
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1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 320 Membranous and muscular inflammation, before the access of gangrene, is accompanied with an acute and rousing pain.
1885 Dental Practitioner Nov. 252 He had then just enough sense to submit to a hypodermic injection of cocaine, under the promise that it would relieve him of a rousing headache.
1962 F. O'Connor Let. 10 Feb. (1979) 464 Regina can have flu shots so she didn't have the flu but she got a rousing cold in the head.
2004 P. Carroll What Nurses Know 64 If you've had four slices of a meat lover's deluxe pizza with extra garlic..you may bring on a rousing case of heartburn.
f. Of a victory, success, etc.: emphatic; unequivocal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > in meaning
sure1493
univocal?1541
univoque?1541
inequivocal1779
unequivocal1785
rousing1836
resounding1873
unequivocable1921
graphic1937
full-frontal1971
1836 W. G. Simms Mellichampe I. vii. 76 The rousing defeats which the rebels have recently sustained have pretty well done them up on every side.
1883 Tullidge's Q. Mag. Jan. 452/2 A few warm words of farewell were exchanged, and cheerful expressions of confidence in a rousing victory.
1895 27th Ann. Rep. Missouri State Board Agric. 1894 204 Our dressed poultry enterprise not proving a rousing success, we turned our attention to eggs.
1906 F. R. Fraprie Among Bavarian Inns i. 13 The team had beaten all comers for a year, and wound up shortly after my arrival by administering two rousing defeats to All-Bavaria.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 June viii. 13/1 Angelino Heights was granted the designation of a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone... Preservationists consider it a rousing success.
3.
a. Of the nature of or connected with stirring, rising, or waking up.
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1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1382 I begin to feel Some rouzing motions in me. View more context for this quotation
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 356 Shock just had giv'n himself the rowzing Shake.
1979 J. E. Hitt Tennessee Smith xxxvi. 401 Through the black wall of the tepee, Tennessee could hear the sounds of rousing movements, murmuring voices.
1996 A. Moore Voice of Fire (2003) 88 Scream and sunlight both awaken me, so muddled in my rousing thoughts that sound and shining seem to be all of one part.
b. That is stirring, rising, or waking up. Now somewhat archaic.
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a1742 J. Hammond Love Elegies (1743) ii. 3 My rousing Spirits feel the Trumpet's Sound.
1787 J. Thelwall Poems Var. Subj. II. 52 The corse, at length, with warmth supplied, Groan'd death-like; while by slow degrees Spasms the rousing body seize.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 13 Meeting objects from the rousing farm.
1861 J. Grant Oliver Ellis xii. 68 As the morning bells began to toll, there came a hum from the rousing city.
1903 R. G. Moulton Moral Syst. Shakespeare iii. xii. 255 These weird omens quiver through the superstitious soul of a warrior who would have known how to encounter a room full of rousing guards.
2000 C. Holland Angel & Sword i. 22 The gorging men bounced up..; they stirred sharply like rousing wolves.
B. adv.
As an intensifier: remarkably, extremely. Frequently with good.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > remarkably or extraordinarily
outnumenlyc1175
outnumenc1225
disguisilyc1325
notablya1398
speciallya1398
oddc1400
oddlyc1400
singularlyc1430
strangelya1450
notable1481
outragec1540
out-takingly1549
supernaturally1578
rarely1581
extraordinarily1593
signally1598
unvulgarly1602
unexpectedly1605
essentially?1606
remarkably1615
unusually1615
particularly1616
eminently1632
extraordinary1632
markablya1634
considerably1646
surprisingly1661
out-of-the-way1718
unco1724
conspicuouslya1732
heroically1735
uncommonly1751
strikingly1752
uncommon1784
pronouncedly1785
markedly1811
awesomea1835
noticeably1845
rousing1847
exceptionally1848
outstandingly1851
prominently1885
accentedly1904
hella1987
1847 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 7 May For now we've a rousing good Navy, With officers brave to rule o'er the wave.
1866 Beadle's Monthly Dec. 514/1 All the Hoggartys were there..with every one of my aunts on my father's side, and a rousing good time we had, too.
1898 F. H. North Awakening of Noahville ii. 15 They are referring to the game of poker, a ‘king full’ is three kings and a pair; a rousing good hand, by the way.
1904 W. I. Varner in J. A. Graham Sporting Dog ix. 135 For catching foxes many prefer the Triggs and Julys, but for a rousing fine chase, with plenty of mouth and a run to the finish, the Walkers are excellent.
2001 B. Weeks Curling for Dummies xviii. 283 You could..stay in the building, dividing your time among curling, eating, drinking, and generally having a rousing good time.

Compounds

rousing furrow n. Agriculture (originally and chiefly Scottish) Obsolete a deep furrow ploughed into fallow land to prepare it for a crop.
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1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer 107 Let the field have a rousing furrow, a cross-brakeing next.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 181 A rousing furrow should be given to it, and the rough stubble turned down.

Derivatives

ˈrousingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adverb]
stirringly1382
rousingly1653
animatingly1778
electrically1786
stimulantly1814
thrillinglya1822
excitingly1860
hair-raisingly1906
1653 R. Baxter Right Method Settled Peace 398 You would have been willing ever after to have Ministers preach more rousingly then they do.
1780 F. Asbury Jrnl. 15 Feb. (1821) I. 349 She is now in a delirium... Spoke rousingly to her, but could not wake her at all.
1875 J. W. De Forest Playing Mischief i. 8/1 The salutation had been rousingly vociferous, and the slap rude enough to sting his fat back.
1938 L. Davis in H. V. Prochnow Great Stories from Great Lives (1944) liii. 361 The audience cheered again, rousingly.
2003 K. Daswani For Matrimonial Purposes (U.K. ed.) 235 The guests..were..letting themselves be carried away in the performer's rousingly ecstatic singing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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