swearing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of swearing, or making an oath. countable,uncountable
    — No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of swear form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.

词形变化

swearings plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sweryng; equivalent to swear + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English sweryng; equivalent to swear + -ing.
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