calling

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔːlɪŋ/|[kʰolɪŋ]    美 /ˈkɔlɪŋ/|[kʰɔlɪŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
  2. A job or occupation.
    — Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of call form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

callings plural

词汇关系

近义词
vocation
衍生词
callingly calling over calling party cop-calling hog calling playcalling SELCAL

词源

词源 1
From Middle English callyng, kallyng, kalland, from Old English *cealliende and Old Norse kallandi, equivalent to call + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English calling, callynge, equivalent to call + -ing.
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