英语词汇“self-easing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

self-easing adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈiːzɪŋ/

U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈizɪŋ/

(a) that eases the mind or conscience of the person in question; †(b) (of an apparatus, device, etc.) that slackens or loosens itself automatically when required (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1657 G. Scortreth Warning-piece for Slumbring Virgins 115 A self-condemning Conscience..awakened out of self-pleasing, and self-easing security, by the scourging rod of the Almighty.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic Index 790 Self-easing coupling.

1880 Leeds Mercury 4 Aug. The patent self-easing cart collars..recommend themselves to all who wish to ease their horses when they have sore shoulders.

1905 B. Capes Jay of Italy xvi. 200 There was no..ordinance issuing from his lips, which he would not accept and act upon, after the necessary little show of self-easing bluster.

2012 M. Willett Sea Garden 150 It is a quick and slippery slope that descends from the comforting of each other to the tempting, self-easing apportioning of the responsibility.

单词	self-easing
释义	> as lemmas self-easing self-easing adj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈiːzɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈizɪŋ/ (a) that eases the mind or conscience of the person in question; †(b) (of an apparatus, device, etc.) that slackens or loosens itself automatically when required (obsolete). ΚΠ 1657 G. Scortreth Warning-piece for Slumbring Virgins 115 A self-condemning Conscience..awakened out of self-pleasing, and self-easing security, by the scourging rod of the Almighty. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic Index 790 Self-easing coupling. 1880 Leeds Mercury 4 Aug. The patent self-easing cart collars..recommend themselves to all who wish to ease their horses when they have sore shoulders. 1905 B. Capes Jay of Italy xvi. 200 There was no..ordinance issuing from his lips, which he would not accept and act upon, after the necessary little show of self-easing bluster. 2012 M. Willett Sea Garden 150 It is a quick and slippery slope that descends from the comforting of each other to the tempting, self-easing apportioning of the responsibility. extracted from self-prefix < as lemmas
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