| 单词 |
overthrowing |
| 释义 |
▪ I. overˈthrowing, vbl. n.
[f. overthrow v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. overthrow; a throwing down; overturning, destruction, ruin.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. metr. iv. 31 (Camb. MS.) Al thowgh the wynde trowblynge the see thondre with ouerthrowynges. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xiii. 13 Thou walkest in parell of thy ouerthrowinge. 1675tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. (1688) 127 The overthrowing of the Duke. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cxiii, With overthrowings, and with cries, And undulations to and fro.
▪ II. overˈthrowing, ppl. a.
[f. overthrow v. + -ing2.]
That overthrows. †a. Headstrong, headlong, prone (obs.). b. Overwhelming, overturning, upsetting.
a.c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. metr. vii. 47 (Camb. MS.) Who so þat with ouerthrowynge thowght oonly seketh glorye of fame. Ibid. iv. pr. vi. 109 The nature of som man is so ouerthrowenge to yuel.
b.c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. metr. ii. 3 (Camb. MS.) The thowt of man dreynt in ouerthrowynge depnesse. Ibid. iii. metr. xii. 84 Tho ne was nat the heued of yxion I-tormented by the ouerthrowinge wheel. 1592G. Harvey New Letter Wks. (Grosart) I. 261 Take away that overthrowing or weakening property from Truce: and Truce may be a diuine Scammony. 1839Bailey Festus i. (1852) 8 The overruling, overthrowing power. |
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