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单词 soughing
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soughingn.1

Etymology: < sough v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsoughing.
The action of the verb; a rushing or murmuring sound.
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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

Etymology: < sough v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsoughing.
The operation of draining or making drains. Also attributive, as soughing-tile, soughing tool.
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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.

Etymology: < sough v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsoughing.
Rushing, rustling, murmuring, etc.
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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).
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