hiding
英 ['haɪdɪŋ]
美 ['haɪdɪŋ]
- n. 隱匿；躲藏處；毆打
- n. (Hiding)人名；(瑞典)希丁
英文詞源
- hiding (n.1)
- "concealment," early 13c., verbal noun from hide (v.1). Hiding place is from mid-15c.; an Old English word for this was hydels.
- hiding (n.2)
- "a flogging," 1809, from hide (n.1), perhaps in reference to a whip or thong made of animal hide. Old English had hyde ðolian "to undergo a flogging," and hydgild "fine paid to save one's skin (from a punishment by flogging)." The English expression a hiding to nothing (by 1905) referred to a situation where there was disgrace in defeat and no honor in victory.
雙語例句
- 1. The family was often in flight, hiding out in friends' houses.
- 這一家人常常東躲西藏，在朋友家裏避風頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The seal on the box broke when it fell from its hiding-place.
- 盒子從隱藏處掉落時，封口裂開了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He has just begun his fourth year in hiding.
- 他東躲西藏的第四個年頭剛剛開始。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We believe she may have played a part in hiding the cash.
- 我們認為她可能參與了藏匿現金。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He then dismembered her, hiding parts of her body in the cellar.
- 他接著將她肢解，將部分屍體藏在了地窖裏。
來自柯林斯例句