单词 | wiving |
释义 | wivingn. 1. The action of taking a wife; marriage to a woman. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] eeOE weddingc1000 wivingOE contractc1315 marriagec1325 matrimony1357 unionc1475 maritagec1478 briding1566 espousal1566 match1574 intermarriage1579 despousing1609 espousement1623 nuptial1630 coupling1641 splice1830 intermarrying1843 contraction1885 yokemating1891 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 370 Ða sceandlican wiglunga, þe ge dwæsmenn drifað ðurh deofles lare, oððe on wifunge oððe on wadunge oððe on brywlace. OE Laws of Æðelred II (Claud.) vi. xxv. 252 Ordal & aþas & wifunga æfre syndan tocwedene freolsdagum & rihtymbrenum. OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) iii. i. 35 Be gehadodra manna wifunga. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5955 He biþoȝte him wel narwe ȝif þer miȝte be eny red Þoru wiuinge..vor is wif was ded. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ix. l. 181 Whiles þow art ȝonge..Wreke þe with wyuynge ȝif þow wil ben excused. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ii. ii. sig. biiv/1 [Angels] ben spyrytuall & bodylesse, they nede nother weddynge ne wyuynge [a1398 BL Add. wifinge]. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 73v Let wyuing go, lyue single aye. 1591 H. Smith Preparatiue to Mariage 27 In wiuing and striuing, a man should take counsell of all the world. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 82 The auncient saying..Hanging and wiuing goes by destinie. View more context for this quotation 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 1832 The wivings of the wise King Solomon. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 235 Eu... An't you weary of wifeing. Po... If this Eighth should die to Day, I would marry the Ninth to morrow. 1756 Monitor No. 35. 1 324 The consequence of so much wiving, was a numerous progeny. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 228/1 You stand there as if you had not disgraced yourself forever and ever with your accursed wiving! 1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals II. 54 In a priest the act of wiving was under no lawful circumstances positively sinful. 1910 A. Hilliers Master Girl vi. 152 Since the world and wiving began was there ever such a woman? 1956 Life 29 Oct. 89/1 Henry first visited Hampton Court in 1514 and within its portals..he pursued his willful wooing and wiving. 2012 Afr. News (Nexis) 16 Apr. I ain't mad at the dude for his serial wifing. I am mad at his serial philandering. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse > specifically with a woman womenOE wivingc1300 leap1607 tillage1609 cuntc1664 rogering1788 cock1895 rooting1922 trim1955 coozea1968 stank1980 coochie1986 c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 12968 (MED) He lay bi þan wifue; he nuste noht of þan tydinge þat com to his wisinge [read wifinge; c1275 Calig. wife-þinge]. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 38 (MED) Folowe not thy desires in etyng, drynkyng, wyvyng [a1500 Lamb. lichery; L. coitu], and in dayly slepe. 1641 tr. Basile de Rouen Converted Capuchin 17 Who report mee a man engaged in wenching or wiving, shall accuse themselves of this sinne next Easter. 3. The activity or condition of being a wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > condition or position of wifehooda1393 wifeheadc1500 wifeship1658 uxorialitya1832 wiving1840 wifedom1845 1840 Monthly Chron. 6 66 The housewife ne'er sitting, Her children 'bout flitting, Showing good wiving By clever contriving, She teaches the wenches, The boys she retrenches. 1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) II. 499 As to ordinary domestic mothering and wifing she [sc. Shaw's mother] was utterly unfitted for the sentiment of it. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer ii. 28 If there was one kind of wife he didn't want..it was one who made a career of ‘wifing’. 2006 E. Mailman Woman of Ill Fame 190 Where did Abe and I live? What kind of meals did I cook for him? How did I feel about wifing? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wivingadj. Now rare. 1. Of a man: that takes a wife; inclined or likely to marry. ΚΠ 1612 J. Floyd Ouerthrow Protestants Pulpit-Babels ii. viii. 323 These wiuing Ghospellers which now sit in the sunne-shine [printed sunme-shine] of thy wealthy State. 1822 Q. Rev. Oct. 21 Our wiving gospellers hold no commerce or society with a continent and chaste monk. 1912 Z. Grey Riders of Purple Sage 5 You want her all yourself. You're a wiving Mormon. 1971 C. Ashton Smith Out of Space & Time 219 I have mocked the wiving monsters, and have lured their females, that sang and fawned at the base of my hiding-place. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] > marrying > taking a wife wiving1639 1639 H. Glapthorne Trag. Albertus Wallenstein iii. iii. sig. Fii The wiving Vine that 'bout the friendly Elme, Twines her soft limbes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OEadj.1612 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。