英语词汇“to shrink in the wetting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Of a textile fabric: To contract when wetted. to shrink in the wetting (chiefly passive): apparently originally said proverbially of cloth manufactured in some northern counties; hence allusively and figuratively of anything that is damaged or depreciated in value.

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorated in condition [phrase]

to shrink in the wetting1483

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [verb (intransitive)] > other

shrink1483

tattera1616

intermat1904

plush1904

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 Preamble Whiche Clothes so shorn er they be wett..most of werrey necessite shrynk.

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 Cloth..which when it shalbe full wette shall shrynke more than oon yerd in all the lenght.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. vi. sig. Uiv It is peryshed .i. it is shrunk in the wetynge.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iv. f. 102^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I These..ambitious tytles are now decayed and worthily shronke in the wetting.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Riij ^v To perswade you not to shrinke in the wetting, but like a Kentish cloth..stande inuiolated.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes D 1 Three of his sonnes universally ridiculouslie reputed of... The fourth is shrunke in the wetting, or else the Print shoulde haue heard of him.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1942 The first is merry drunk,..although his braines be somewhat shrunk I' th' wetting.

1653 R. Carpenter (title) The Anabaptist washt and washt, and shrunk in the washing.

1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 28 'Tis York-shire Cloath, you know, that shrinks i' th' wetting!

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A Stuff that shrinks.

1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 292/1 Patent flannel, which does not shrink in washing.

单词	to shrink in the wetting
释义	> as lemmas to shrink in the wetting b. Of a textile fabric: To contract when wetted. to shrink in the wetting (chiefly passive): apparently originally said proverbially of cloth manufactured in some northern counties; hence allusively and figuratively of anything that is damaged or depreciated in value. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorated in condition [phrase] to shrink in the wetting1483 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [verb (intransitive)] > other shrink1483 tattera1616 intermat1904 plush1904 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 Preamble Whiche Clothes so shorn er they be wett..most of werrey necessite shrynk. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 Cloth..which when it shalbe full wette shall shrynke more than oon yerd in all the lenght. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. vi. sig. Uiv It is peryshed .i. it is shrunk in the wetynge. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iv. f. 102^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I These..ambitious tytles are now decayed and worthily shronke in the wetting. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Riij ^v To perswade you not to shrinke in the wetting, but like a Kentish cloth..stande inuiolated. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes D 1 Three of his sonnes universally ridiculouslie reputed of... The fourth is shrunke in the wetting, or else the Print shoulde haue heard of him. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1942 The first is merry drunk,..although his braines be somewhat shrunk I' th' wetting. 1653 R. Carpenter (title) The Anabaptist washt and washt, and shrunk in the washing. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 28 'Tis York-shire Cloath, you know, that shrinks i' th' wetting! 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A Stuff that shrinks. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 292/1 Patent flannel, which does not shrink in washing. extracted from shrinkv. < as lemmas
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