单词 | to ding down |
释义 | > as lemmasto ding down to ding down (also †to ding adown) 1. transitive. Chiefly Scottish in later use. To knock, strike, or beat down (a person or thing); to pull down or demolish (a building, structure, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > violently shoveOE swengea1225 slata1250 sleata1250 dashc1290 thringa1300 hurlc1305 lashc1330 to ding downc1380 rampenc1390 dinga1400 reelc1400 rash1485 flounce1582 squat1658 ram1718 whang1820 slug1862 slam1870 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3078 Gyoun..doȝtyliche dynged ys foes adoun. a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 752 (MED) Þer was no man..Þat he ne dange hem al adoun. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 71 If I bigge ageyn þe þing þat I ding doun, I mak mesilfe a trespasor. 1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 20 The Duke brandishing his sword..dung downe his enemies on euery side. 1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Aug. 213/1 We've seen the farmers ding down their cottar-houses. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxix. 347 I..thought myself a dull stockish character..and very unfit to come into a young maid's life, and perhaps ding down her gaiety. 1938 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 20 Apr. 10/2 We cannot all at once ding doon existing institutions till we have acquired better substitutes. 1990 E. McVicar One Singer One Song 80 The Corpie began dinging doon the tenements. 2. intransitive. To fall heavily or violently. Chiefly (now only) Scottish: (of rain, snow, hail, etc.) to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or beat down (cf. to ding on 2 at Phrasal verbs 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall steeply or swiftly of-fallOE tumblec1330 stoopa1400 plumba1425 rushc1440 to ding downa1500 precipitate1608 plummet1845 nosedive1920 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > [verb (intransitive)] > fall heavily to ding down1554 to ding onc1650 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily ropec1450 to ding down1554 to come down1597 to ding onc1650 to rain cats and dogs1661 sile1703 pour1737 teem1753 pepper1767 flood1813 to rain pitchforks1815 rash1824 spate1853 bucket1926 tipplea1930 piss1948 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 185 Greatt dukys downe dyngys For his greatt aw And hym lowtys. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour i. sig. E.iv Frome the Heuin, the rane doun dang Fourty dayis and fourty nychtis. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. Hv As he headlong topsie turuie dingd downe, He still cri'd Mellida. ?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1804) 3 A mighty show'r o' sna' an' drift As ever dang down frae the lift. 1872 People's Jrnl. (Dundee) 15 June 2/3 The rain dings down wi' a fearsome din, And the dark waves growl and roar. 1940 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 10 Apr. 5/5 It disna' maitter a rap aboot the weather, ye jist chauve awa' tho' it's dinging doon. 2006 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 3 Just as we decide to go exploring, the rain starts. It is still dinging down at 4pm, so we slope out for a wee look, get soaked and run drookit back to the room. < as lemmas |
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