单词 | borrowing |
释义 | borrowingn.1 a. The action of borrow v.1 (senses 1, 2); taking on loan, taking at second-hand, etc.; also concrete, that which is borrowed. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > [noun] borrowing1545 borrowage1577 mutuating1595 mutuatitial1654 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] borrowing1545 shinning1834 botting1937 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xlviv The englysh prouerbe..testyfieth that he that goeth a borowynge goeth a sorowynge. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. Bivv Sauying by borowyng, tyll we be in det. a1630 S. Page in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. li. 3 Our food and raiment, the necessaries of life, are borrowings. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxiii. 147 Confession puts the difference betwixt stealing and borrowing. 1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 111 So borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. 1882 J. W. Legg Notes Hist. Liturg. Colours ii. 14 These colours..seem to be a modern borrowing from Rome. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > lending > lend [verb (intransitive)] lendc1000 loanc1200 lenda1240 to do, give, lend borrowingc1380 the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > borrow [verb (intransitive)] borrowa1340 to take borrowingc1380 scavenge1938 the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > borrow [verb (transitive)] > ask as a loan to ask in borrowingc1570 to put the nips in1917 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 277 Þat..borwyng and lynynge be frely don to pore men. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxii. 7 He that taketh borewing, seruant is of the usurer. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke vi. 34 If ȝe ȝyuen borwynge to hem, of whiche ȝe hopen to take aȝen, what grace is to ȝou? c1570 Leg. Bp. St. Andrews in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 328 Sowmes of silver fra him [he] ast In borrowing. 1573 Sege Edinb. Cast. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 287 Lend vs ane borrouing of ȝour auld blak bellis. c. borrowing days n. the last three days of March (Old Style), said in Scottish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and supposed to be specially stormy. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > March > last three days of March borrowing daysc1550 borrowed days1646 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 The borial blastis of the thre borouing dais of marche. 1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 57 Born in the borrowing days. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 68 The bairns' rime says, the warst blast of the borrowing days couldna kill the three silly poor hog-lams. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). borrowingn.2 Nautical. Sailing close to land or to the wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > making course along or near coast borrowing1622 coasting1679 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 77 The Norther part of the Bay hath foule ground, and rocks vnder water: and therefore it is not wholsome borrowing of the mayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). borrowingadj. That borrows. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] yielding1340 indebtedc1386 dettya1398 due1483 debtedc1540 underwater1627 borrowing1640 debtful1649 ticking1673 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden i. iii I hope you will not..urge me beyond patience with your borroughing attempts. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ix. 66 They eyed him with borrowing eyes. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking vii. 148 As an import to the lending country, and as an export to the borrowing country. Derivatives ˈborrowingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > [adverb] borrowingly1640 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden i. iii Your countenance..lookes so borrowingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1380n.21622adj.1640 |
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