| 释义 |
-ing1 /-ing/ suffix- Forming: (1) the present participle of verbs, as in jumping, waiting, talking
- (2) adjectives from participles, as in a crying baby, a moving vehicle
- (3) adjectives not derived from verbs, as in sodding, swashbuckling
ORIGIN: ME -ing, inde, from OE -ende -ing2 /-ing/ suffix- Forming: (1) nouns, signifying something consisting of, made from, or used in making, as in wiring, matting, scaffolding
- (2) sing and pl nouns from verbs, signifying a result of an action or process, as in etching(s), drawing(s)
- (3) nouns, signifying an activity or area of activity as a whole, as in skiing, banking, mining, engineering
-ing3 /-ing/ suffix Forming nouns, denoting a person or thing of a specified quality or kind, as in sweeting (see also -ling1) ORIGIN: ME, from OE, related to OHGer -ing belonging to ing /ing/ (dialect, esp N Eng; often in pl) noun A meadow, esp one beside a river ORIGIN: ON eng meadow |