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单词 remaining
释义

remaining

adjective

re·​main·​ing ri-ˈmā-niŋ How to pronounce remaining (audio)
: left over after a part has been destroyed, taken, used, or lost
Dough should not stick to sides of bowl; if it does, add some or all of remaining 2 tablespoons of bread flour until dough cleans sides of bowl. Tish Boyle
"You're good people," Kugelmass said, combing his few remaining hairs as he climbed into the cabinet again. Woody Allen
The researchers, focusing on distinct oral languages, not dialects, interviewed and made recordings of the few remaining speakers of a language and collected basic word lists. John Noble Wilford

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

remaining 1 of 2

adjective

as in residual
still existing or present after other parts are used or removed Beat the eggs and milk together, then add the remaining ingredients.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • residual
  • lingering
  • lasting
  • leftover
  • surviving
  • staying
  • persisting
  • enduring
  • abiding
  • prevailing
  • keeping up
  • biding
  • holding up
  • holding on
  • running on
  • continuing
  • sticking around
  • tarrying
  • perduring
  • carrying through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • waning
  • dying (down)
  • subsiding
  • finishing
  • passing
  • dying
  • ebbing
  • closing
  • ending
  • moderating
  • concluding
  • abating
  • stopping
  • letting up
  • terminating
  • lapsing
  • expiring
  • quitting
  • winding up
  • ceasing
  • leaving off
  • discontinuing
  • desisting
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remaining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of remain
1
as in staying
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • staying
  • waiting
  • dwelling
  • hanging around
  • lingering
  • sticking around
  • awaiting
  • abiding
  • tarrying
  • loitering
  • holding on
  • hanging on
  • dawdling
  • overstaying
  • outstaying
  • dallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • leaving
  • moving
  • going
  • exiting
  • departing
  • getting off
  • taking off
  • bailing
  • quitting
  • pulling out
  • bailing out
  • shoving (off)
  • walking out
  • escaping
  • packing (up or off)
  • buzzing (off)
  • pushing off
  • clearing out
  • flying
  • pushing on
  • bugging out
  • fleeing
  • evacuating
  • peeling off
  • skipping
  • decamping
  • absconding
  • getting out
  • running away
  • abandoning
  • clearing off
  • cutting out
  • vacating
  • scramming
  • vamoosing
  • going off
  • booking
  • forsaking
  • piking (out or off)
  • deserting
  • scatting
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2
as in continuing
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • continuing
  • lasting
  • persisting
  • surviving
  • staying
  • lingering
  • enduring
  • abiding
  • holding on
  • keeping up
  • prevailing
  • biding
  • running on
  • perduring
  • holding up
  • sticking around
  • tarrying
  • carrying through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • finishing
  • closing
  • dying
  • passing
  • stopping
  • ending
  • terminating
  • expiring
  • concluding
  • ceasing
  • lapsing
  • quitting
  • discontinuing
  • dying (down)
  • waning
  • leaving off
  • subsiding
  • desisting
  • ebbing
  • moderating
  • winding up
  • abating
  • letting up
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