单词 | tallying |
释义 | tallyingn. a. The action of tally v.1, in various senses. ΚΠ c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 486/1 Talyynge, talliacio. 1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 168 The tallying up of the names of these able wits. 1893 Daily News 14 Apr. 5/7 Superseding ship's officers in the work of tallying. b. spec. Exact correspondence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] > exact coincidence1605 unison1606 coincidencya1620 tallying1845 1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. iv. 83 The curious tallying of the Old with the New. 1895 Stalker in Expositor Sept. 203 The tallying of events with the..predictions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018). tallyingadj. That tallies; corresponding. ΚΠ 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 179 Such names, when applied to the tallying bones in lower animals, losing that significance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1440adj.1854 |
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