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单词 zeppelining
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Zeppeliningn.

Brit. /ˈzɛp(ə)lɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈzɛp(ə)lənɪŋ/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Zeppelin n., zeppelin v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < either Zeppelin n. or zeppelin v. + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
In the First World War (1914–18): the use of Zeppelins to carry out bombing raids. Later: the action or practice of travelling in a Zeppelin.In quot. 19151 a punning use alluding to ‘every cloud has a silver lining’.
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1915 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 24 Jan. 8/3 It may be imagined that in England just now every cloud appears to have a Zeppelining.]
1915 Vogue 15 July 26/2 Each sport would be represented by the costumes, the men to take the hardy masculine sports such as motoring, aeroplaning, Zeppelining, and baseball.
1916 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 25 Mar. 5/3 The cows over there certainly must have been scared stiff by all the cannonading, and Zeppelining.
1917 Daily Observer (Tamworth, New S. Wales) 8 Feb. 2/4 The ‘Kreunz [sic] Zeitung’..was formerly notorious for its demand for ruthless Zeppelining of non-combatants.
1929 N.Y. Times 28 July (Mag.) 17/1 Zeppelining, as it is called, has been naturally rather in a class apart.
1931 Pop. Aviation Sept. 17/1 When you go Zeppelining..you can put practically all of your nature-given senses away and rely wholly on an imposing array of man-made instruments.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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