killing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of killing. countable,uncountable
    — In fact, Tarzan had never killed for “pleasure,” nor to him was there pleasure in killing.
  2. An instance of someone being killed. countable,uncountable
    — The outrage over the brutal killings of peaceful demonstrators in Lhasa in March 1989 quickly faded after the massacres in Beijing in June.
  3. A large amount of money. countable,informal,uncountable,usually
    — He made a killing on the stock market.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of kill form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
  2. Devastatingly attractive. dated,idiomatic
    — Should true Proportion ev'ry Mortal grace, / And Semetry be seen in ev'ry Face: / Beauty no longer would be thought divine, / Nor would its Charms with half the Lustre shine: / No courtly Dame a killing Look could boast, / If once the Foils of Homeliness were lost.
  3. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny. idiomatic,informal
    — Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.

词形变化

more killing comparative most killing superlative killings plural

词汇关系

近义词
killing
下位词
devitalization liquidation murder slaughter homicide manslaughter assassination infanticide parricide filicide familicide fratricide sororicide patricide matricide uxoricide regicide tsaricide deicide monstricide massacre butchery carnage bloodbath bloodshed execution crucifixion beheading decapitation electrocution hanging lapidation lethal injection stoning self-murder self-slaughter suicide kamikaze seppuku hara-kiri
衍生词
killingly killingness antikilling contract killing counterkilling honour killing honor killing killing bottle killing frost killing jar killingry ladykilling make a killing nonkilling painkilling photokilling self-killing semikilling targeted killing Terms derived from killing thrill killing time-killing weedkilling
相关词
death kill

词源

词源 1
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
词源 3
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
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