hiding

英 ['ha?d??] 美['ha?d??]

TEM4中低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?hidings;

hiding (n.1): "concealment," early 13c., verbal noun from hide (v.1). Hiding place is from mid-15c.; an Old English word for this was hydels.
hiding (n.2): "a flogging," 1809, from hide (n.1), perhaps in reference to a whip or thong made of animal hide. Old English had hyde eolian "to undergo a flogging," and hydgild "fine paid to save one's skin (from a punishment by flogging)." The English expression a hiding to nothing (by 1905) referred to a situation where there was disgrace in defeat and no honor in victory.

1. The family was often in flight, hiding out in friends' houses.: 這一家人常常東躲西藏，在朋友家里避風(fēng)頭。

2. The seal on the box broke when it fell from its hiding-place.: 盒子從隱藏處掉落時(shí)，封口裂開了。

4. We believe she may have played a part in hiding the cash.: 我們認(rèn)為她可能參與了藏匿現(xiàn)金。

5. He then dismembered her, hiding parts of her body in the cellar.: 他接著將她肢解，將部分尸體藏在了地窖里。