| 单词 | smalling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsmalling ˈsmalling n. ΚΠ eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xlvii. 260 Læcedomas þa þe þynnunge mægen hæbben & smalunge. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 116 It perteneþ to lordez..phisiciens of ingrossacioun & impignacioun, i. making fatte, &..extenuacioun, i. smallyng. 1888 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 17 117 In addition to this smalling of the muscles as well as of the bony outlet of the pelvis.., there exists yet a further increase to the difficulty of parturition. 1999 Duke Law Jrnl. 48 891 (title) The Smalling of America? 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Dec. ii. 44/2 The problem lay less in the malling of art than in the smalling of art. Everything seemed tailored to the requirements of art-fair booth display. ˈsmalling ˈsmalling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] lessening1611 smalling1665 diminishing1793 minifying1850 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 36 By sucking at the smalling Pipe, more of the Air..may be suck'd out. 2001 B. R. Barber Truth of Power (2008) x. 224 Embodying the smalling parochialism of presidential staffers ever since, the future chief of staff..regaled us with the keen insights of a first-time traveler. < as lemmas |
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