taking

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which something is taken. countable,uncountable
    — At the taking of the stockade he had distinguished himself greatly by the methodical ferocity of his fighting.
  2. A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. uncountable
  3. A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). uncountable
    — What a taking was hee in, when your husband askt who was in the basket?
  4. Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example). Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,countable,in-plural
    — Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of take form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — 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.
  1. 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 […]
  2. Infectious; contagious. obsolete
    — All the stor’d vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones, You taking airs, with lameness!

词形变化

more taking comparative most taking superlative takings plural

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词源 1
By surface analysis, take + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, take + -ing.
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By surface analysis, take + -ing.
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