asking

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɑːskɪŋ/    美 /ˈæskɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of posing a question or making a request. countable,uncountable
    — His asking was greeted with silence.
  2. A request, or petition. countable,rare,singular,uncountable
    — After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown.
  3. The marriage banns. countable,in-plural,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle of ask form-of,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. That asks; that expresses a question or request.
    — It was as when some great gentle dog brings in a limp and bedraggled prize dug from the yard and, laying it at one’s feet, looks up at one with soft asking eyes.

词形变化

more asking comparative most asking superlative askings plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung (“asking; question; inquiry”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to ask + -ing.
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