英语词汇“hiding”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hiding

(haɪdɪŋ )

Word forms: hidings

1. uncountable noun

If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found.

Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border.

Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest.

The duchess is expected to come out of hiding to attend the ceremony.

2. countable noun

If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times. [informal]

3. on a hiding to nothing phrase

If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing, you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful. [British, informal, emphasis]

If you are selling something that people don't want, you are on a hiding to nothing.

Idioms:

be on a hiding to nothing [British]

to have absolutely no chance of being successful at what you are trying to do

A car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing.

单词	hiding
释义	hiding (haɪdɪŋ ) Word forms: hidings 1. uncountable noun If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found. Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border. Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest. The duchess is expected to come out of hiding to attend the ceremony. 2. countable noun If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times. [informal] 3. on a hiding to nothing phrase If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing, you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful. [British, informal, emphasis] If you are selling something that people don't want, you are on a hiding to nothing. Idioms: be on a hiding to nothing [British] to have absolutely no chance of being successful at what you are trying to do A car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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