| 单词 | birling |
| 释义 | birling in American English (ˈbɜrlɪŋ) noun US a game in which each of two lumberjacks, standing on the same floating log, birls the log so as to try to cause the other to fall off Derived forms birler (ˈbirler) noun birling in American English (ˈbɜːrlɪŋ) noun chiefly Northern U.S. a game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet Word origin [birl + -ing1]-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”Examples of 'birling' in a sentence |
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