| 单词 |
brangling |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † ˈbrangling, vbl. n.1 Obs.|ˈbræŋglɪŋ|
[f. brangle v.1 + -ing1.]
Shaking, agitation; also, mental perturbation.
1585James I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 70 Who set the earth on her fundations sure, So as her brangling none shall euer see. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae xx, My veines with brangling lyk to brek.
▪ II. ˈbrangling, vbl. n.2
[f. brangle v.2 + -ing1.]
Noisy and turbulent disputing; squabbling.
1611Cotgr., Altercation, altercation..wrangling, brangling. 1622T. Stoughton Chr. Sacrif. x. 136. 1726 Swift To a Lady Wks. 1755 IV. i. 295 Drives out brangling and contention. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. xiii. 288 The branglings and heart-burnings of their unsettled heads.
▪ III. † ˈbrangling, ppl. a.1 Obs.
Also 6 Sc. brangland.
[f. brangle v.1 + -ing2.]
Shaking, tottering; vibrating, quivering. Also fig.
1513Douglas æneis x. viii. 107 The brangland speyr. 1613Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 108 Before the settling of the government whilest it was new and brangling. 1653Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlv, Such a brangling agitation and moving.
▪ IV. ˈbrangling, ppl. a.2
[f. brangle v.2 + -ing2.]
Wrangling, quarrelsome, contentious.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iii. vii, A brangling knaue. 1728Swift Mullinix & Tim. Wks. 1755 III. ii. 208 These brangling jars of Whig and Tory. |
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