stocking

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈstɒkɪŋ/    /ˈstɑkɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
    — a pair of stockings
  2. A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
  3. Ellipsis of Christmas stocking; a large, sock-like bag used to store small Christmas gifts, typically hung on a mantelpiece. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  4. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
  5. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of stock form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

词形变化

stockings plural

词源

词源 1
From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
Proto-Germanic *stikanąder.
Proto-Germanic *stukkaz
Proto-West Germanic *stokk
Old English stocc
Middle English stok
English stock
English -ing
English stocking
From stock + -ing.
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