giving

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
  2. A gift; a benefaction.
    — his gains were sure, His givings rare
  3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
    — [U]pon the first giving of the weather.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of give form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — 1981, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the tendency to give; generous.
    — To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them.
  2. Awesome, outstanding, radiating, stunning; exceeding expectations. (Probably derived from earlier transitive use of give (“give off [a certain vibe or appearance]”), as in this outfit gives ‘college girl’, that one is giving ‘old Hollywood’.) slang
    — Your outfit is giving!

词形变化

more giving comparative most giving superlative givings plural

词源

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