greeting

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. countable,uncountable
    — It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
  2. The action of the verb to greet. uncountable
    — I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of greet form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

greetings plural

词汇关系

近义词
accost address greeting hail salutation
反义词
farewell valediction
衍生词
greeting card greetingless greetingly greetings card nongreeting season's greetings
相关词
greet hello salutation
部分词
bob bow curtsy embrace handshake hello how are you hug kiss nod salute smile wave

词源

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