abuilding

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈbɪl.dɪŋ/    美 /əˈbɪl.dɪŋ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel. archaic,not-comparable
    — Heere we made a double floore in the hall where the shippe was abuilding, so that the wild men, being ignorant of our way of building, could not take any notice of our cuningnesse, which proved to our desire.
  2. Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea. archaic,not-comparable
    — This may signify much; among other things that the courtesan is creeping into social favor—even that a new code of morals is now abuilding, in which she will be the grand exemplar.

词源

From a- (“in, on”) + building (“the act or process of building”).
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