| 单词 | to sit a-sunning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit a-sunning a-sunning: in the process of being exposed to the sun; undergoing exposure to the sun. In early use chiefly in to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning: to expose to the sun, esp. in order to dry, bleach, etc. In later use chiefly in to sit a-sunning: to bask in the sun. [see a prep.1 12, 11.] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to the sun sunc1460 to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning1510 insolate1623 apricate1839 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [phrase] > exposed to the sun a-sunning1510 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. C.viv Apricor, to syt a sonnynge or to sonne. ?1517 Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Av For & clerkes shewe them bokes of cunnynge They bydde them, lay them vp a sonnynge. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 198 Old wiues a sunning sit. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 42 They hung a Sunning all day. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 67 They gather the cinnamon..then lay it a fortnight a sunning. 1664 Comenius' Janua Ling. 500 Linnen..is laid a sunning to whiten. 1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius v. 54 When they are set a sunning upon the Capitol. 1709 F. T. tr. E. Holdsworth Welsh Mouse-trap 7 Presently a Cat, Who on the House Top then a sunning sat, Stretch'd out at ease. 1885 S. O. Jewett Marsh Island xi The pies were baked, and the pots and pans still a-sunning. 1928 L. Stockett Baltimore (1997) 23 It is a sunny resting place, and on mild winter days old men a-sunning sit. 1979 N. Ames Wildlife & People in New Mexico ii. 19/2 The dog's burrow, however, is an open door, at which he and his relatives may sit a-sunning. < as lemmas |
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