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throwing 音标拼音: [θr'oɪŋ] 制丝 制丝 Throw \ Throw\, v. t. [ imp. { Threw} ( thr[ udd]); p. p. { Thrown} ( thr[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Throwing}.] [ OE. [ thorn] rowen, [ thorn] rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [ thorn] r[= a] wan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. dr[= a] jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf. { Thread}, { Trite}, { Turn}, v. t.] 1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. [ 1913 Webster] Set less than thou throwest. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. [ 1913 Webster] O' er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To divest or strip one' s self of; to put off. [ 1913 Webster] There the snake throws her enameled skin. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 9. ( Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter' s wheel, as earthen vessels. [ 1913 Webster] 10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. [ 1913 Webster] I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry' s teeth. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits. [ 1913 Webster] 12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. -- Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster] { To throw away}. ( a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. ( b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. { To throw back}. ( a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. ( b) To reject; to refuse. ( c) To reflect, as light. { To throw by}, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. { To throw down}, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. { To throw in}. ( a) To inject, as a fluid. ( b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. ( c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. { To throw off}. ( a) To expel; to free one' s self from; as, to throw off a disease. ( b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. ( c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [ Eng.] { To throw on}, to cast on; to load. { To throw one' s self down}, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. { To throw one' s self on} or { To throw one' s self upon}. ( a) To fall upon. ( b) To resign one' s self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of ( another); to repose upon. { To throw out}. ( a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. " The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile." -- Swift. " The bill was thrown out." -- Swift. ( b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. " She throws out thrilling shrieks." -- Spenser. ( c) To distance; to leave behind. -- Addison. ( d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. ( e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. ( f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. { To throw over}, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties. { To throw up}. ( a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. " Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy' s hand." -- Addison. ( b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit. ( c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth. [ 1913 Webster]
Throwing \ Throw" ing\, a. & n. from { Throw}, v. [ 1913 Webster] { Throwing engine}, { Throwing mill}, { Throwing table}, or { Throwing wheel} ( Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter' s wheel. [ 1913 Webster]
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