单词 | perishing |
释义 | perishingWord family nounperishabilityperishablenessperisheradjectiveperishableperishedperishingadverbperishablyperishinglyverbperish Natureper·ish·ing /ˈperɪʃɪŋ/ adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE spoken 1 DNCOLDvery cold 〔天气〕非常冷的 It was perishing in the tent. 帐篷里冷得要命。 Let’s go indoors. I’m perishing! 我们进屋吧,我好冷啊! 2 BAD[only before noun] old-fashioned informal used to describe someone or something that is annoying you 讨厌的,该死的 Tell those perishing kids to shut up! 叫那些该死的孩子闭嘴! —perishingly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus perishing• Not so long ago the water used to steam away like a perishing engine on these tables in hot weather.• Get rid of the perishing lot.• Henry wished now that he'd not made such a fuss about the perishing uniform. |
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