释义
[ bahy -ting ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbaɪ tɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold; a biting sensation on the tongue.
cutting; sarcastic: a biting remark.
Origin of biting First recorded in 1250–1300, biting is from the Middle English word bitynge. See bite, -ing2
SYNONYMS FOR biting 2 incisive, trenchant; caustic, mordant, scathing, lacerating.
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OTHER WORDS FROM biting bit·ing·ly, adverb bit·ing·ness, noun non·bit·ing, adjective un·bit·ing, adjective Words nearby biting bite the dust, bite the hand that feeds you, bitewing, bit gauge, Bithynia, biting , biting louse, biting mania, biting midge, biting point, biting stage
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Example sentences from the Web for biting This foliage biting gets more common when there’s a pollen shortage, says Consuelo De Moraes.
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At least one mobster said he always kept two biting monkeys in the room when he met his associates.
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She has personally confronted suicide, business failure and biting criticism, and in the face of it all she perseveres.
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His humor, by turns playful and biting , ranges over the stories he tells.
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The sky was overcast and the snow-capped peaks rose chilly and bleak through the biting atmosphere.
Wonders of the Yellowstone | James Richardson
Lady St. Craye, biting her lips in lonely dissection of herself and of him, dared take no comfort.
The Incomplete Amorist | E. Nesbit
"We'll have to get him somewhere out of this biting , cold air," observed Sam.
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She was biting her lips as she went about looking for a cloth to wipe it up.
Three brutes whose trespasses count as human crimes: a chained hound, a ferocious ram, a biting horse.
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British Dictionary definitions for biting adjective piercing; keen a biting wind
sarcastic; incisive a biting comment
Derived forms of biting bitingly , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to biting penetrating, bitter, harsh, bleak, sharp, scathing, acerbic, trenchant, withering, stinging, caustic, incisive, mordant, crisp, cutting, freezing, nipping, blighting, cold, raw