taking
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act by which something is taken.
— At the taking of the stockade he had distinguished himself greatly by the methodical ferocity of his fighting.
- A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
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A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
— What a taking was hee in, when your husband askt who was in the basket?
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Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
— Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.
动词 v.
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present participle and gerund of take
— Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
形容词 adj.
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Alluring; attractive.
— […] a Proteus-Devil appeared unto him, changing into Shapes, but fixing himself at last into the form of a Fair Woman. Strange, that Satan (so subtil in making his Temptations most taking) should preferre this form […]
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Infectious; contagious.
— All the stor’d vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones, You taking airs, with lameness!
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By surface analysis, take + -ing.
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By surface analysis, take + -ing.
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By surface analysis, take + -ing.
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