| 释义 |
▪ I. paining, vbl. n.|ˈpeɪnɪŋ|
[f. pain v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb pain.
1. The action of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering. Now rare.
c1440Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 151/15, I askyd hym how he had paynyng, he said, ‘Quia amore langueo’. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. ii. 41 To wype his wounds, and ease their bitter payning. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 107 It was too much of joy, it was pleasure to paining. 1812J. J. Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 111 These subsequent annual painings uniformly attacked me.
†2. The taking of pains. Obs.
1633P. Fletcher Elisa i. xliii, There doth it blessed sit, and..Laughs at our busie care and idle paining.
▪ II. ˈpaining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That pains; causing pain or suffering.
1698M. Lister in Phil. Trans. XX. 246 A paining Grief towards the bottom of their Bellies, which did grind and torment them. 1891Eastern Daily Press 24 July 4/6 Beyond a slight paining sprain and some cuts about the mare, no harm was done. |
