| 单词 |
gasping |
| 释义 |
▪ I. gasping, vbl. n.|ˈgɑːspɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. gasp v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb gasp, in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 188/1 Gaspynge, idem quod Gapynge. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 355 Then was the felde coueryd with deed bodyes, and gaspynge and gronynge was herde on euery syde. 1513Douglas æneis vi. viii. 36 Thair clamour was full scant, The soundis brak with gasping or a gant. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xviii. (1634) 705 This also Christ signified by his last saying and uttered among his last gaspings. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. iv. 109 Those breathings and gaspings after an eternal participation of him are but the energy of his own breath within us. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 256 To attend the dear Baby him⁓self—to see his last Gaspings, poor little Lamb. 1812Crabbe Tales in Verse, Confidant 210 Some youthful gaspings for forbidden fruit. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iv. iii. Inarticulate gaspings.
attrib.1802T. Beddoes Hygëia viii. 123 Those gasping-fits, which come on with greater and greater violence.
▪ II. gasping, ppl. a.|ˈgɑːspɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. gasp v. + -ing2.]
That gasps, in various senses of the vb.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. i. xiii, At the last with a gaspyng nette Slouth my head caught with his whole purpose. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Apr. 6 Quenching the gasping furrowes thirst with rayne. 1603Dekker Wonderfull Yeare B iij, In such a panting time, and gasping yeare, Victuals are cheapest, only men are deare. 1681Baxter Apol. Nonconf. Min. 1 Before the expiring of my gasping hopes. 1738Wesley Ps. xiii. v, Save, or my gasping Spirit dies. 1835Browning Paracelsus 126 This arch-knave..dogs me As a gaunt crow a gasping sheep.
Hence ˈgaspingly adv., in a gasping manner.
1816Byron Prisoner of Chillon xi, My breath came gaspingly and thick. 1834Fraser's Mag. X. 111 The gills..are dilated gaspingly. 1879‘Annie Thomas’ Lond. Season II. 214 Bertram and Daisy..gaspingly force a passage through the crowd. |
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