beginning

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/    美 /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. uncountable
  2. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. countable,uncountable
  3. That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause. countable,uncountable
    — What was the beginning of the dispute?
  4. The initial portion of some extended thing. countable,uncountable
    — The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of begin form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — He is beginning to read a new book.
形容词 adj.
  1. Being the first portion of some extended thing. informal,not-comparable
    — in the beginning paragraph of the chapter

词形变化

beginnings plural begynnynge alternative,obsolete begynnynge alternative,obsolete begynnynge alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
beginning birth font fount inauguration initiation launch spring springtime onset origination youth
反义词
conclusion end completion finish
下位词
premiere
衍生词
a good beginning makes a good ending begincement beginningless beginning of day beginning of the end beginning to end unbeginning
相关词
cause

词源

词源 1
From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), equivalent to begin + -ing.
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