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单词 through-bearing
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through-bearingn.

Brit. /ˈθruːˌbɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈθruˌbɛrɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈθruˌberɪŋ/
Forms:

α. 1600s throughe-bearing, 1600s–1700s throw-bearing, 1600s– through-bearing, 1700s throu-beairing, 1700s throwgh-bearing, 1800s throu-bearin, 1800s through-bearin, 1800s through-bearin', 1900s– throw-bearan, 1900s– throw-bearin, 1900s– trow-baern (Shetland).

β. 1600s thorough-bearing, 1600s thorow-bearing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: through- prefix, bearing n.1, thorough- prefix.
Etymology: In α. forms < through- prefix + bearing n.1 In β. forms < thorough- prefix + bearing n.1 Compare earlier through-bear v. 2.
Scottish.
1. The action or an act of supporting or sustaining a person; the fact of being supported; esp. spiritual support or sustenance. Also occasionally: the action of upholding or defending a cause. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > supporting
bearinga1387
maintaininga1387
sustaining1395
supportinga1450
underpropping1586
backing1598
upholding1605
through-bearing1656
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporting or encouraging > specifically a cause, principle, etc.
sustenance1387
friendliness1558
espousing1581
espousement1623
espousal1654
through-bearing1656
1656 J. Fergusson Brief Expos. Epist. Paul to Philippians & Colossians (Philipp. iv. 11)115 There is a kind of omnipotency in a Believer, being supported by Christ's strengthning power; so that there is nothing within the compasse of his christian calling, and for which there is a Covenant-promise for through-bearing, there is no such thing unpossible for him to do.
1658 A. Nisbet Brief Expos. First & Second Epist. Peter v. 229 They should trust God with their thorow-bearing in these duties.
1677 J. Brown Christ the Way xv. 249 They should be single in their dependence on Him, for strength and throwbearing, in that day of tryal.
a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) vii. 155 God would provide things necessary for our through-bearing.
1786 A. Gib Καινα και Παλαια: Sacred Contempl. 296 It secures all the outward through-bearing, preservation and protection, leading and guiding.
1813 T. Chalmers Let. 12 Oct. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) I. xii. 343 A day of mortification. Everything went against us by the through-bearing of the opposite party.
1828 J. Coutts Let. 9 Oct. in W. M. Hetherington Mem. & Corr. Mrs. Coutts (1866) vi. 285 Upon the word settled in heaven, I have an assured confidence of a safe throughbearing and strength.
1871 Orig. Secession Mag. Nov. 366 With His power working for you, how certainly may you assure yourself of all temporal throughbearing, of all spiritual strength.
2. A means of supporting oneself (esp. when in financial difficulties); a livelihood. Sc. National Dict. (at Throu) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1972.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood
lifeOE
foodOE
livelihoodc1300
livingc1330
ploughc1390
purchasec1475
daily bread1526
being1570
governing1572
shift1572
supportation1576
thrift1579
livelihead1590
thrive1592
breadwinnera1614
subsistence1644
gain1655
bread and butter1691
through-bearing1705
bread1719
bread ticket1801
daily1817
lifehood1823
rice bowl1853
crust1916
the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > as dependent on sustenance > means of life
bylivec1000
sustenancec1300
sustaining1395
sap1526
livinga1538
maintenance1540
life-breath1597
support1599
subsistence1606
through-bearing1705
1705 J. Pollok in R. Wodrow Analecta (1842) I. 79 Ane honnest throu-beairing in the world, soe as we might not be burdensome to others.
1846 W. Cross Disruption xxvi. 289 I am pinch'd eneuch to get a through-bearing.
1857 A. Wallace Gloaming of Life i. 2 She opened a small shop as the means of securing an honest throughbearing.
1904 R. Small Hist. United Presbyterian Congregat. II. 391 All he wanted, he said, was an honest through-bearing.
1947 New Shetlander June 3 Hit's a guid day at pits aff da nite, an hit's aye a trow-baern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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