seeing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 连词 conj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight. countable,uncountable
    — To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
  2. The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of see form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having vision; not blind. not-comparable
连词 conj.
  1. Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that. slang
    — Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.

词形变化

seeings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
believing is seeing hard of seeing seeing is believing sightseeing

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English see
English -ing
English seeing
From see + -ing.
词源 2
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".
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