| 单词 |
gleaning |
| 释义 |
gleaning, vbl. n.|ˈgliːnɪŋ|
[f. glean v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. glean; also (chiefly pl.) that which is or may be gleaned.
c1440Promp. Parv. 199/1 Glenynge, conspicacio. 1535Coverdale Micah vii. 1 Wo is me: I am become as one, that goeth a gleenynge in the haruest. 1552Huloet, Glemynge of corne, spicilegium. 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Racematio..the gleiminge of grapes. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 303 Not the whole and perfect harvest, yet some gleanings of pleasure. 1611Bible Judges viii. 2 Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better then the vintage of Abiezer? 1633Heywood Eng. Trav. iii. Wks. 1874 IV. 45 In full fields, The gleanings are allowed. a1637B. Jonson Underwoods, Execr. Vulcan (1640) B 3, Twice twelve years Stor'd-up-Humanity And humble gleanings in Divinity, After the Fathers. 1702J. Logan in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 101, I must still crave leave to add the following gleanings. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vi. 207 The victorious troops..found there a considerable booty, consisting..of the gleanings of the Indian treasures. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 373 They are tenanted by various barbarous races..subsisting on the produce of their cattle, the gleanings of the chase [etc.]. 1881Freeman Subj. Venice 320 The second Mahomet..brought under his power, as a gleaning after the vintage, the Frank lordship of Attica [etc.].
Proverb.1546Heywood Prov. (1867) 28 Thou goest a glenyng er the cart haue caried.
Comb.1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 965/1 It is saide in the Prophete Michah, that the Jewes in those dayes would needs have had glening and haruest preachers, for they would bring them nothing but pleasant newes. 1826Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. I. 47 The merry maidens cross the brook Each in her hand a gleaning-hook To reap the ripen'd good. |
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