| 单词 |
figuring |
| 释义 |
figuring, vbl. n.|ˈfɪgərɪŋ, -jʊərɪŋ|
[f. figure v. + -ing2.]
1. The action of the vb. figure. Also with out.
1534More On the Passion Wks. 1335/1 Hys blessed bodye and bloude in the sacrament, thoughe they seme dead, for the more ful representacyon and fygurynge of the same bodye and bloude remaynynge deade on the crosse. 1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. xiii. §6. 168 Chaines which vain Lovers forge for the figuring out the powerfulnesse of beauty. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 5 ‘There's the sperrit o' God in all things..i' the figuring and the mechanics.’ 1881Kraus in Metal World No. 24. 371 The apprentice should acquire a knowledge of..practical figuring.
attrib.1752N. Dukes (title), A concise and easy Method of learning the Figuring part of Country Dances.
†2.
a. ? Configuration, form (or perhaps emblematic significance).
b. An impressed shape. Obs.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 298 This flour..bereth our alder pris in figurynge. 1665Glanvill Sceps. Sci. xxii. 221 Let us consider..the divers figurings of the brain.
3. = figure-skating.
1869Vandervell & Witham Figure-skating i. 24 From these two figures [3 and 8]..we get the terms ‘figure-skating’, or ‘figuring’. |
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