| 单词 | piecing |
| 释义 | piecing, vbl. n.|ˈpiːsɪŋ|
[f. piece v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb piece; patching, mending or completing by joining pieces.
1399Langl. Rich. Redeles iii. 168 Ffor þei ffor þe pesinge paieth pens ten duble That þe cloþe costened. 1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 127 Peecynge of a shafte with brasell and holie..is to make the ende compasse heauy. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iv. ii. Wks. 1863 VII. 374 The piecing up of these domestick breaches betwixt husband and wife. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 303 Rhime is like Lace, that serves excellently well to hide the Piecing and Coarsness of a bad Stuff. 1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 281 Piecing of Rules is often attended with considerable trouble. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 312 The pieceing is soon over, as the carriage does not stop an instant at the frame. 1884Athenæum 1 Nov. 562/3 An infinite piecing of minute facts.
b. attrib. and Comb.
1545Rates of Customs c iij, Pesing threde the dossen pound xiis. iiiid. 1594Acc.-Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 347, i li. pecinge thred, iis. vjd. 1640in Entick London (1766) II. 170 Whited brown or pieceing thread. 1881Jacobi Printer's Vocab. 100 Piecing leads, in wide measures of type the leads required are usually pieced. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：
相关热词搜索：piecing英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 额叶性共济失调 释义 【医】 frontal ataxia 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，......
单词 piece-wise 释义 piece-wise, adv.Also piecewise.By pieces; spec. in Math., throughout ......
单词 piece-work 释义 piece-work|piswk|Also piecework.1. Work done and paid for by the piec......
字词 额叶前部的 释义 【医】 prefrontal 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖......
单词 palette-knife 释义 palette-knife n (a) thin flexible knife used by artists for mixing......
单词 pale(o)- 释义 pale(o)- => palae(o)-. 英汉双解词典包含38652条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全......