| 释义 |
impending, ppl. a.|ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ|
[f. impend v.2 + -ing2.]
1. In literal sense: Overhanging.
1705–30S. Gale in Bibl. Topogr. Brit. III. 38 A bower..pleasantly shaded by the impending bushes. 1784Cowper Task iii. 193 Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt with most impending brows. 1854Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1883) I. 583, The old house built by Philip English, in Salem..many-gabled, and impending.
2. Of evil, danger, etc.: That impends or is about to fall or happen; ‘hanging over one's head’; imminent; near at hand.
1682in Somers Tracts (1748) I. 193 To prevent impending Mischiefs. 1715–20Pope Iliad ii. 18 Nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. 160 There were symptoms of an impending storm. 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon I. 263 A shower seemed impending. |