单词 | soughing |
释义 | soughingn.1 The action of the verb; a rushing or murmuring sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind > sough or sigh sough1338 swough1338 soughing?a1400 sighing1653 sigh1810 swoof1825 souffle1879 suther1881 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 931 Swowynge of watyr, and syngynge of byrdez. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1061 Swoghyng of swete ayre, Swalyng of briddes. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 The tre..with sowghing yt grunts, as wounded in hacking. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. iii. 119 Which causeth a confusion in the Hearing, with a certain Murmur, or Swooing like the fall of Waters. 1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. 1 57 Carefully noticing the formation of the clouds..and the soughing of the winds. 1859 D. M. Mulock Romantic Tales 74 In the soughing of the solemn trees. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again I. xvii. 292 Then come the distant wailing and soughing of a sea of martial music. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019). soughingn.2 The operation of draining or making drains. Also attributive, as soughing-tile, soughing tool. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage gutteringc1420 strand1565 sewaging1610 thorough-draining1669 cuniculus1670 French drain1738 riggot?1746 bush-draining1748 surface drain1765 land-drain1767 pipe-draining1776 surface draining1777 fox1784 surface drainage1796 mole drain1804 soughing1808 acequia1811 well-draining1818 tile-draining1830 wedge-draining?1830 plug-draining1833 land-drainage1841 land-draining1841 mole-draining1842 trough gutter1856 mole-ditching1860 mole drainage1860 tile-drainagea1865 well point1867 karez1875 storm sewer1887 moling1943 tiling1943 storm drain1960 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vi. 133 Tunnelling, or soughing under the gateways, will be in proportion to..the facility of procuring soughing-tiles. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 140/1 Improvements in the manufacture of cofered spades and shovels, soughing and grafting tools. 1868 F. P. Verney Stone Edge xxi I can't afford to lose back-rent, and present rent, and arrears for soughing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). soughingadj. Rushing, rustling, murmuring, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rushing of wind > soughing or sighing soughing1513 sighing1746 OE Beowulf 3145 Wudurec astah..swogende leg. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xi. 51 A wod with sowchand bewis schene. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 74 Every lynde Quhyslyt and brayt of the swouchand wynde. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 18 The dismal soughing wing, the doleful cry. 1859 E. C. Gaskell Round the Sofa II. 111 The soughing November wind came with long sweeps over the fells. 1880 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. The nearly naked branches crackle and moan with the soughing, storm-presaging wind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1?a1400n.21808adj.OE |
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