driving

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 drīʹvĭng

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of the verb to drive in any sense. countable,uncountable
    — […] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […]
  2. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle. countable,uncountable
    — There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain.
  3. The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green. countable,uncountable
    — Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! my Golf is most shocking; My driving is topping, my caddie's still mocking.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of drive form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
    — But the dull, cool, calculating effect given cumulatively through Stalin’s long career, the air of a great glacier moving slowly and by the easiest path to overwhelm some Alpine valley, is only part of the picture. At various times - and especially in his early career - the calm of his general manner was broken, and expression given to the driving emotions that possessed him.
  2. That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent (of wind, rain, etc)

词形变化

more driving comparative most driving superlative drivings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English drīfende, from Proto-Germanic *drībandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), equivalent to drive + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.
词源 2
From Middle English driving, drivinge, equivalent to drive + -ing. Compare Dutch drijving, German Treibung.
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