| 释义 |
reaching
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rechynge, from Old English rǣcing, from rǣcan to reach + -ing (suffix forming nouns from verbs)
: the action of one that reaches for something or an instance of grasping or seeking to grasp
< the incomplete abstracted reachings for the meaning of things — Walter Lippmann >
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of reach (I)
: that reaches out, forward, or into something; especially : deeply penetrating
< the views of the lord deputy, somewhat more reaching than their own, startled them — Robert Browning > |