单词 | trashing |
释义 | trashingn. 1. The action of trash v.3 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > sugar-cane > specific process trashing1847 1847 Simmonds' Col. Mag. Mar. 295 Plant-canes require at least four weedings and trashings before they are fit to shift for themselves. 1897 Daily News 23 June 15/3 In Northern Queensland..the white farmer and his family do most of the work themselves, except at ‘trashing’ time, when Kanakas are employed. 2. The action of trash v.3 3a; vandalism or an instance of this. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm spulyiationa1688 book burninga1722 spoliation1752 iconoclasm1797 vandalism1798 biblioclasm1864 skoob1963 trashing1970 vandalizing1979 1970 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 40/1 The new breed of campus revolutionaries..are now turning to what they call ‘trashing’—the setting of fires, hurling of rocks, smashing of windows. 1971 Publishers' Weekly 4 Oct. 24/1 Student riots and trashings of college stores. 1973 D. Martin Tracts against Times v. 47 The ‘trashing’ activities which damaged all property within a half-mile radius of the University of Wisconsin. 1979 Listener 3 May 614/2 ‘Trashing’, the destruction of buildings and property, became commonplace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈtrashing ˈtrashing adj. fatiguing, wearing out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion wearyc1315 soakingc1440 tired1548 moilingc1566 wearisome1593 tiring1594 overtiring1598 tiresome1598 defatigating1634 defatigable1654 fatigable1656 fatiguing1708 fatiguesomea1734 jading1766 fagging1787 wearying1798 exhausting18.. taversome1808 harassing1833 killing1850 trashing1861 trachling1902 1861 Times 25 Sept. They have had long marches, bivouacs in bad nights, and very trashing work. < n.1847 as lemmas |
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