单词 | swoof |
释义 | swoofswuffv. Scottish ? Obsolete. intransitive and transitive. = sough v.1, sowff v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rushing sound > sough or sigh soughOE swoof?1590 sigh1757 suther1821 ?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. O3v Than softlie did I suoufe and sleipe. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. vii. 256 I was..keeping a good look out a' round about, and Will he was swuffing and sleeping. a1835 J. Hogg Good Man Alloa vii With a holy psalm sung ower mine head, And swoofit with my last breath. 1835 J. Grant Dreams of Absence ii The cauld winds did swoof through the rifted roof. Derivatives swoof n. = sough n.1 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 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Swuff, Swoof, the act of whizzing. 1834 J. Younger Thoughts as they Rise in Poems I love the swuff of every out-field feather. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.?1590 |
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