单词 | smiling |
释义 | smilingn. 1. The action of the verb; an instance of this, a smile. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] smilingc1405 subrision1658 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 119 A Nonne..That of hir smylyng was ful symple and coy. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 461/1 Smylynge, subrisus. c1480 (a1400) St. Agnes 129 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 349 Scho..at his vordis mad smylyng in manere of scornyng. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 I turne it in a tender luke..And him behaldis hamely with hertly smyling. 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon 27 They flonge vp their cappes..with smylinges and laughinges most dissolutely. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 167 The beere will be sower for the Suns smiling on it. 1730 A. Ramsay On Marriage of L. G. in Tea-table Misc. 178 I'll study thy Delight..And..Fix throughout Life a constant Smiling. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 187 May the gift of smiling never depart from him! 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso iii. 24 Wonder not thou..at this my smiling. 2. U.S. Drinking, tippling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor bottle1593 potting1594 cupping1614 bubbing1665 dram-drinking1772 dramminga1790 suction1817 bibation1830 bibbery1831 poculation1837 smiling1858 nipping1880 bibulation1882 liquidation1889 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] overdrinkeOE drinkingc1200 excessc1386 bibbinga1400 bollingc1540 boozingc1540 bousingc1540 swillingc1563 tippling1567 carousing1582 swinking1590 bezzling1598 swill1602 swink1611 overdrinking1616 popination1623 sottishness1648 fuddling1665 toping1668 bibbership1670 abuse1732 dram-drinking1772 dramminga1790 potation1808 spree1811 muzzling1828 bibbery1831 Bacchanalianism1855 Bacchanalism1858 smiling1858 bibulation1882 tanking1891 reeler1950 1858 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1859) 420 There are many more fast boys about—some devoted to the sex—some to horses—some to ‘smiling’. 1864 Reader 7 Apr. 451/3 Tobacco-chewing..and smiling (the new Yankee phrase for liquoring-up). Draft additions 1993 b. In electrophoresis, the curving of bands of material on a gel as a result of differing rates of migration of material at its centre and edges. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > area of influence > [noun] > electrophoresis > curving during smiling1982 1982 R. W. Davies in Rickwood & Hames Gel Electrophoresis Nucleic Acids iv. 144 When polyacrylamide gels are electrophoresed, differential heating in the centre of the gel compared to the edges causes oligonucleotides at the centre to run faster than those at the edge... This effect has been called ‘smiling’ because of the form of the dye-front. 1986 Electrophoresis 7 54/2 ‘Smiling’..makes the nucleic acid sequence difficult to interpret. 1988 Nature 2 June 477/3 The system virtually eliminates ‘smiling’ and the related sample mobility artefacts which commonly occur in sequencing gels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). smilingadj. 1. a. That smiles; covered with or wearing a smile or smiles. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] smilinga1400 smileful1609 subrident1826 smiley1970 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11509 Ful suetlik wit smiland [chere], Biheild þaa giftes riche and dere. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Avjv Anone came our lorde,..And her saluted, with swete and smylynge chere. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xx. 24 b A smiling and dissembling countenance. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 106 Oh villaine, villaine, smiling damned villaine. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxvii He thought he saw a Man coming to him with a very smiling aspect. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 222 That house..Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired. 1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 39 His hat a smiling face o'erspread. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. vii. 222 I can judge of the dark purpose, though it is hid under the smiling brow. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 25 One of the meekest, smilingest little men I ever saw. b. transferred or figurative. ΚΠ 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K.iiiiv But smyling lucke, bewitcht, This peerelesse Prince to thinke, That [etc.]. 1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 22 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) These indeed are pretty smiling sentences. a1718 T. Parnell Posthumous Wks. (1758) 260 Here smiling Safety..Securely walks, and chearful Plenty there. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio III. 154 Your own talents,..and smiling time of life, render your election certain. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. i. 17 By..representing every thing in the most smiling colours. 2. Characterized by smiles or a smiling manner; accompanied by a smile or smiles. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > characterized or accompanied by a smile smiling1803 smiled1850 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw Her smiling tears spoke more than her lips. 1842 R. Browning Incident French Camp iii Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 207 The cunning old pryer went on, with a smiling suavity in his voice. 3. transferred. Of physical features, etc.: Looking bright or cheerful; pleasant, agreeable to the sight. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] faireOE comelyOE winlyOE goodlyOE hendya1250 hendc1275 quaintc1300 seemlyc1305 tidya1325 avenant1340 honestc1384 sightya1387 properc1390 well beseena1393 queema1400 speciousa1400 featousc1400 parisantc1400 rekenc1400 well-favoureda1438 wellc1450 spectable?a1475 delicatec1480 jollya1500 bonny?a1513 snog1513 viewlyc1536 goodlikec1550 sightly1555 sightful1565 beholdinga1586 eyesome?1587 decent1600 vage1604 prospicuous1605 eyely1614 fashionable1630 well-looking1638 softa1643 fineish1647 well-looked1660 of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700 likely-looked1709 sonsy1720 smiling1725 aspectable1731 smirkya1758 likely-looking1771 respectable1776 magnificent-looking1790 producible1792 presentable1800 good-looking1804 nice-looking1807 bonnyish1855 spick1882 eyeable1887 aegyo2007 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful-looking > expressing cheerfulness (of looks) merryc1225 smicker1589 smiling1725 shining1821 shiny1876 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 108 Smiling calmness silver'd o'er the deep. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xvi. 8 To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land. a1771 T. Gray Sonnet on Death R. West in Poems (1775) 60 In vain to me the smiling Mornings shine. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 143 Not for a moment could I now behold A smiling sea. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. xvi. 325 The grand..desert of Andalusia, once a smiling garden. 1879 Edinb. Rev. 150 436 The hill above is populous with smiling villas. 4. Of beer, etc.: Sparkling. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > sparkling sparklinga1500 lively1615 quick1620 smirking1648 nitty1654 smiling1725 huffy1766 up1815 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Bottling of beer Scum off the same again, and while it is in a smiling Condition, put three Spoonfuls to each Bottle. Compounds smiling-featured adj. ΚΠ 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 70 Ye smiling featured daughters of the sun! smiling-lipped adj. ΚΠ 1936 C. S. Lewis in Oxf. Mag. 14 May 575/2 The smiling-lipped Assyrian, cruel-bearded king. smiling-sweet adj. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 493 Those eyes so smiling-sweet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405adj.a1400 |
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