| 单词 | winding up |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinding up 7. winding up: conclusion, finish (see to wind up 4 at wind v.1 Phrasal verbs); now usually, the bringing to an end the activities of a business concern; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > bringing to a conclusion endingc1000 determination1483 lapping1549 winding up1560 closure1594 perioding1659 clausure1670 close out1887 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] endc1000 endingc1000 finea1300 conclusion1382 ooc1384 close1399 finance1449 terminationc1500 last?1520 winding up1560 wind-up1573 wind-up-all1573 conclusure1578 clause1581 upshot1582 desinence1598 omega1599 Godspeed1606 finis1682 finale1786 finish1790 tie-up1829 Z1877 curtains1912 taps1917 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxiiijv How vnfortunate..hath bene the successe and wyndyng vp of commotioners [L. seditiosorum exitus]. 1570–6 W. Lambard Perambulation Kent (1596) 481 Crafty counseiles..be hard in the handeling, and wofull in the winding vp [L. euentu tristia]. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 1 In the wynding vp of your Letter written and directed to Doctour Turner. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 44 The winding vp of this worke, called the Supplement, &c. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 879 If they would but expect the winding up of things, and stay till the last Close. 1705 R. Cromwell Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 123 The winding up of your bottom will be more pleasing. 1782 in Mme. D'Arblay's Diary (1904) II. 97 My warm approbation of the whole work [‘Cecilia’] together:..the winding up beyond all compare, more happy, [etc.]. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vi. 142 She..detailed the progress of the plot to the winding up of the catastrophe. 1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 271 The Hague season is nearly over, and a ball on Thursday is almost the winding up. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 242 The year 1782 brought that war to its winding up. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 413/1 Winding-up Act. 1875 Economist 30 Jan. 131/2 The shareholders are asked to oppose the projected winding-up. 1895 Times 19 Jan. 15/6 A winding-up order having recently been made against this company. < as lemmas |
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