单词 | venting |
释义 | ventingn.1 I. Senses relating to emission or utterance. 1. a. The free emission or passing of air, etc., from some confined space; spec. the emission into the atmosphere of radioactive dust and debris from an underground nuclear explosion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined ventinga1382 eventingc1450 vent1558 excursion1579 escape1874 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxii. 19 My wombe as must withoute venting, that breketh newe litle win vesselys. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xi. i And so eyer is element of bodies and spirites, for ventynge of eyer comynge to spirites is cause of..clensynge and of purgacion. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxxxvii Bi ventinge fome & oþer vnclennes of wine is brouȝth vp to þe mouþe of þe vessel. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xiv. 754 The vessels to auoid the venting which commonly hapneth vnto wine, must haue the bunghole very well stopt. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Halenée, a breathing, venting, winding, exhaling. b. venting-hole n. a vent-hole. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air > for escape or discharge of something vent1570 venting-hole1601 pigeonhole1683 waste-hole1839 porthole1858 port1944 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 409 If pits be subject to the rising of such vapours, cunning and expert workemen make..tunnels, or venting-holes. 2. The action or fact of giving utterance, expression, or publicity to an opinion, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > expression > [noun] expressiona1464 expressmenta1513 expressing1530 vent1603 expressure1609 express1644 venting1653 the mind > language > speech > [noun] > making known breathing1608 venting1653 1653 D. Dickson Brief Explic. First 50 Psalms lxix. 26. 126 The very talking and venting of ill speeches..is a high provocation of Gods wrath. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ii. sig. Aa5 He..was wont..as much to aim at the exciting others thoughts, as the venting of his own. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 100 The venting of that knowledge in speech. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) 403 They seem to be rather the relief of a heavy heart than the ventings of a light one. II. Senses relating to perceiving or admitting air or scent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > exercising sense of smell snevingc1200 odoration?a1425 snokingc1440 smelling1509 smellc1560 vent1575 venting1611 sniff1767 snuff1822 olfaction1833 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Flairement, a senting, smelling, sauoring, venting, winding. 4. The rising of an otter to the surface of water in order to breathe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Lutra (otter) > surfacing to breathe vent1653 venting1736 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 227 When he lifts up his Nose above Water for Air, it is termed Venting. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 144/1 The remainder [of the otter-hunters] must watch every intervening yard for his ‘ventings’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ventingn.2 Obsolete. The action of selling; = vending n.Frequent from c1600 to c1645. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] salec1050 sellinga1325 merchandisinga1425 utterance1436 venting1532 vendition1542 vent1548 assale1566 ventage1577 vent1583 vending1666 distribution1793 flogging1919 turnaround1936 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 4 Straunge countreis..by the..makyng and ventyng therof are greately enriched. 1548 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 144 Vnder the payne of..spayning fra the venting of wyne be the space of ane yeir thairafter. 1605 N. Breton Olde Man's Lesson in Wks. (1879) II. 6/2 The Vinter, the Grocer,..and the Butcher, doe by the venting of their wares, the better maintaine their trades. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 How they may suppresse the venting of such rarities and such a cheapnes as would undoe them. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. x. 12 A very spruce Polititian who looked to the venting of Wares. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ventingadj.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > that smells scenting1577 ventinga1637 a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. i. 13 in Wks. (1640) III As doth the vauting hart, his venting hind. View more context for this quotation 2. Of gas: that finds escape by the action of venting. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > of something confined eloping1700 escaping1870 riggish1881 venting1974 1974 Physics Bull. June 253/1 An air filter cartridge for dehydration of the venting gas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1a1382n.21532adj.a1637 |
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