“refraining”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

refraining

释义

▪ I. † reˈfraining, vbl. n.¹ Obs. rare^—1.
[f. refrain n.¹]
Singing of a refrain; caroling.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 749 Noon..couthe make in song sich refreynynge, It sat hir wondir wel to synge.
▪ II. refraining, vbl. n.²|rɪˈfreɪnɪŋ|
[f. refrain v. + -ing¹.]
The action or fact of restraining, abstaining, etc.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 20 In fastynge, wakeynge, and in refreynynge of thi flesshly lustis.1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. viii. (Bodl. MS.), Þe asse..is [led] heder and þedre..bi refreynynge of þe bernacle.1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 45 They profyte moche in y⊇ refreynynge or leuynge of vnlawfull pleasures.1611Cotgr., Refrenation, a refraining.1857S. Winkworth tr. Life Tauler 56 All her works and refrainings will give her no content.1875Whitney Life Lang. xv. 312 The refraining from pushing conclusions beyond what the evidences warrant.

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