siding

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building. Canada,US,countable,uncountable
    — Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding.
  2. A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
    — They slept where they could, sometimes in an empty truck on a siding near the station, sometimes in a cart behind a warehouse; [...]
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of side form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other.

词形变化

sidings plural sidings plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English -ing
English siding
From side + -ing (“material, collection”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English -ing
English siding
From side + -ing (“derivative noun, having the quality of”).
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