confiding

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The telling of something in confidence.
    — We see Washington by the fireside, upon the farm, amid the interchanges of friendship and ordinary confidings, and as a citizen, as well as in the sphere of military contest, in the senate, or as a diplomatist[…]
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of confide form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
    — Effingham was by nature indolent, confiding, and, at times, impetuous and indiscreet; but Marmaduke was uniformly equable, penetrating, and full of activity and enterprise.
  2. In confidence; as if with trust.
    — Sir, they must surely entertain a higher opinion of the credulity of this house, than -- even their recent experience can justify, if they think that their confiding talent will be carried to this length.
  3. Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.

词形变化

more confiding comparative most confiding superlative confidings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
confidingly confidingness self-confiding unconfiding

词源

词源 1
By surface analysis, confide + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, confide + -ing.
词源 3
By surface analysis, confide + -ing.
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