hulking

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
    — The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of hulk form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive. not-comparable
    — A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
  2. Unwieldy. not-comparable

词形变化

hulkings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hulkingly

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English hulk
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English hulking
From hulk + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English hulk
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English hulking
From hulk + -ing.
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