termitingn.

Brit.

/ˈtəːmʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtərˌmaɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: termite v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < termite v. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier anting n.

1. U.S. The action of treating a building, etc., in order to end or prevent a termite infestation. Cf. termite v. 1.

ΚΠ

1938 Port Arthur (Texas) News 18 Apr. 9/3 (advt.) Free estimates on papering, repairing, roofing, termiting and painting with Lowe Bros.

1971 Wellington (Kansas) Daily News 20 Feb. 2/3 The painting, roofing, and termiting of buildings is paid for because of the cookie sales.

2000 Paris (Texas) News 27 Apr. 9/4 (advt.) Termite and pest control. All termiting guaranteed.

2. The action of hunting and eating termites; spec. the extraction of termites from their nests by chimpanzees using sticks or grass stalks. Cf. termite v. 2. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1966 Harvard Educ. Rev. 36 145 Chimpanzees observed in rain forest did not catch small mammals for food, nor did they use twigs as tools for termiting.

1971 M. Harris Culture, Man, & Nature iv. 55 Novices often retrieved discarded termiting sticks and attempted to use them on their own.

1974 Jrnl. Human Evol. 3 589 For the Gombe baboons, the termiting season is almost exclusively limited to the 2–3 weeks during which migrations occur.

1999 M. Harris Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times i. 25 Chimpanzee traditions consist of the manufacture and use of various tools such as leafless twigs for ‘anting’ and ‘termiting’.

2015 D. F. Lancy Anthropol. Childhood (ed. 2) v. 170 Studies of the acquisition of the complex skill of termiting in Gombe show that female chimps learn it from their mothers roughly two years earlier than do juvenile males.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	termiting
释义	termitingn. Brit. /ˈtəːmʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtərˌmaɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: termite v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < termite v. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier anting n. 1. U.S. The action of treating a building, etc., in order to end or prevent a termite infestation. Cf. termite v. 1. ΚΠ 1938 Port Arthur (Texas) News 18 Apr. 9/3 (advt.) Free estimates on papering, repairing, roofing, termiting and painting with Lowe Bros. 1971 Wellington (Kansas) Daily News 20 Feb. 2/3 The painting, roofing, and termiting of buildings is paid for because of the cookie sales. 2000 Paris (Texas) News 27 Apr. 9/4 (advt.) Termite and pest control. All termiting guaranteed. 2. The action of hunting and eating termites; spec. the extraction of termites from their nests by chimpanzees using sticks or grass stalks. Cf. termite v. 2. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1966 Harvard Educ. Rev. 36 145 Chimpanzees observed in rain forest did not catch small mammals for food, nor did they use twigs as tools for termiting. 1971 M. Harris Culture, Man, & Nature iv. 55 Novices often retrieved discarded termiting sticks and attempted to use them on their own. 1974 Jrnl. Human Evol. 3 589 For the Gombe baboons, the termiting season is almost exclusively limited to the 2–3 weeks during which migrations occur. 1999 M. Harris Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times i. 25 Chimpanzee traditions consist of the manufacture and use of various tools such as leafless twigs for ‘anting’ and ‘termiting’. 2015 D. F. Lancy Anthropol. Childhood (ed. 2) v. 170 Studies of the acquisition of the complex skill of termiting in Gombe show that female chimps learn it from their mothers roughly two years earlier than do juvenile males. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938
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