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单词 becoming
释义 becoming
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of become
1. : marked by fitness or propriety : suitable, seemly
 < becoming modesty >
 < becoming respect and obedience >
 < monks for whom self-effacement is becoming — H.O.Taylor >
2. : having an attractive effect : tending to grace or adorn
 < a fashionable becoming dress >
 < a hairdo becoming to her >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of become
1. obsolete
 a. : the action of befitting
 b. : something that befits or becomes
2.
 a. : a coming into being : emergence into change that leads to a distinct stage or condition
  < life is a constant becoming: all stages lead to the beginning of others — G.B.Shaw >
 b. : a process in which the new appears : a passage of events in time : change
  < there is a constant becoming; there was no beginning, there can be no ending — John Burroughs >
be·com·ing·ly adverb
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