borrowing

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of something being borrowed. countable,uncountable
    — January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]
  2. A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword. countable,uncountable
    — Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of borrow form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — She is borrowing my pen.
  2. Shoplifting. euphemistic,slang

词形变化

borrowings plural

词源

词源 1
From borrow + -ing.
词源 2
From borrow + -ing.
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