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noun ˈhʌɪdɪŋˈhaɪdɪŋ informal 1A physical beating. 〈非正式〉痛打 they caught him and gave him a hiding 他们追赶并捉住了他,然后给他一顿痛打。 Example sentencesExamples - I was always chicken when it came to getting hidings from my father.
- The justice replied that he was satisfied that it was not the father's fault that the boys had done what they did. He gave them a good hiding and it was no less than what they deserved.
- In 1956, it was called getting a thrashing, or a hiding - or just ‘getting it’.
- The prosecutor said Foster, who was arrested in a pub, later told the police he was terrified he was going to get a hiding, having been told to get out of the car.
- I told Dorothy I would get a hiding for being so late but Dorothy said she would talk to my parents.
- I don't drink because I see a lot of people, they get hidings from their husbands.
- She told her to put the ‘damn phone’ away and said if she were her daughter she would have given her a good hiding.
- Mr Smith then heard them threaten: ‘We'll get you out, give you a good hiding and then put you back there for the night’.
- But a violent hiding, indulged in by parents who lash out at their children to cover up their own failings, only causes bitter resentment.
- The minute offenders are apprehended, they are ushered to a quiet spot behind the bushes and will be on the receiving end of such a hiding that they are not likely to re-offend.
Synonyms beating, battering, thrashing, thumping, pounding, pummelling, drubbing, slapping, smacking, spanking, hammering, cuffing, thwacking, mauling, pelting flogging, flaying, whipping, caning, lashing, cudgelling, clubbing, birching informal licking, belting, bashing, pasting, lathering, larruping, walloping, whacking, clobbering, tanning, biffing, bopping, horsewhipping North American informal whaling - 1.1 A severe defeat.
〈喻〉惨败 if they'd played badly they might have expected a hiding 如果他们球打得糟糕的话,也许就惨败了。 Example sentencesExamples - It's the right way to go and while a few hidings may be endured along the way, young players will by finding their feet at inter-county level.
- We stand to get a hiding, but it ought to be exciting anyway.
- Even though Newcastle were on the wrong end of a hiding against Leicester last weekend, May repaid Andrew's faith by setting up Newcastle's two tries.
- Whatever the excuses - and however valid they might be - the league leaders were given a right hiding by the Lanarkshire newcomers.
- It will be a case of reality-time on Saturday when the Redmen from Grafton travel to Lismore to take a likely hiding from the Greens.
- Enrico Chiesa completed the 8-1 hiding with a penalty.
- Last year, after the hiding from Cork, we got a bit of pride back the way the lads played against Galway in the Park, they went down fighting.
- Alert readers may have noticed that the England cricket team has been on the wrong end of several hidings in recent years, and indeed have sunk to the level that they are now regarded as the weakest of the ‘top’ cricket nations.
- A few results offered false hope - a victory on Boxing Day away to Motherwell, Livingston taking a hiding at Perth.
- Replacement keeper Matt Sargeant was brought on and striker Joel Rogers sacrificed, but that did not stop Epsom from being on the wrong end of a real hiding.
- As with any team facing an Old Firm member in the Scottish Cup final, the script reads that you turn up, do your best, but prepare for a hiding and the consolation of a loser's medal.
- In the second half, only a superb display by Paul Green in the Builders' goal separated them from a real hiding as they suffered a hangover from their midweek cup semi-final win.
- At 20-3 down they were looking at a real hiding, but they found some passion.
- A couple of good points from Therese Keenan sealed the issue and St. Laurences were suddenly on the wrong end of a ten-point hiding.
- Meanwhile St. Peter's were receiving a hiding from a surprisingly slick Pembroke side, whose Ball, ending only hours before, had no doubt taken its toll.
- Ally MacDonald's own goal in nine minutes then set Skye up for what might have been a real hiding, especially when Alan MacLeod was sent off in 35 minutes.
- Everyone agrees Northern Ireland are facing a hiding from England.
- It's all very well to talk about promoting the sport but try telling that to the Namibian players this week or whoever else have been on the end of a real hiding those past few weeks.
- As if that was not bad enough, Murphy then gave away a second penalty - earning himself a red card as well - to leave Shrimps looking at a hiding.
- Scotland suffered a humiliating hiding in this international friendly at Hampden Park today.
Phrasesbe on a hiding to nothing Be unlikely to succeed, or be unlikely to gain much advantage if one does. 〈英〉不可能成功;成功了也没多大好处 politically we are on a hiding to nothing in the long run Example sentencesExamples - With neither side willing to concede ground, the UN secretary-general was on a hiding to nothing.
- A captain in any sport, says Brearley, is on a hiding to nothing.
- For example if you want to lose weight because your partner says you need to then, I'm sorry, but you are on a hiding to nothing.
- But he and his legal team must have known they were on a hiding to nothing.
- He's on a hiding to nothing because he's not Scottish and he's certainly taking a hell of a lot of flak for us players.
- But they know they're on a hiding to nothing if they raise a murmur of objection.
- If they stick to the same tactics they will be on a hiding to nothing.
- We looked on a hiding to nothing here, considering our away record and the fact that City had signed a new player.
- I'll be a young granny, but if my kids have kids in their 20s and think I'm going to look after them full-time, they're on a hiding to nothing.
- You have to do what a client wants, you know, even if you are on a hiding to nothing.
OriginEarly 19th century: from hide2 + -ing1. Rhymesconfiding, riding, siding nounˈhʌɪdɪŋˈhaɪdɪŋ mass noun1The action of concealing someone or something. 隐藏(人或物) Example sentencesExamples - I could understand the hiding of certain military secrets.
- We go through the decorating of the Easter eggs and the hiding of the Easter eggs and the realization a week later that the smell coming from under the radiator is the egg that got away.
- But of course a lot was being hidden, whoever was doing the hiding.
- You know, this life of hiding and lying is no fun.
- Being ‘patriotic’ in carrying out journalism may lead to self-censorship, and even the hiding of facts.
- The house we lived in was brilliant for hiding: lots of dark corners, low shelves, heavy curtains and piles of coats or dressing up clothes stacked in a big old chest.
- 1.1 The state of being hidden.
躲藏(状态) the shipowner had gone into hiding 那船主已躲起来了。 Example sentencesExamples - A computer programmer from Wigan has gone into hiding after winning the jackpot on TV's Who Wants to be A Millionaire?
- When he eventually emerged from hiding, the controversial centre-forward dismissed the incident as a prank, and blamed the press for blowing matters out of proportion.
- Kerensky narrowly escaped this defeat, and for the next few weeks he lived in hiding until he could leave the country, eventually arriving in France.
- Felipe had wanted to go into hiding after the threat, but Carmen had persuaded him that the family should stay together.
- The members of the group fled and went into hiding.
- No one knows whether Defoe fought at this battle, but he certainly was forced into hiding afterwards and was lucky not to be caught and hanged.
- Many opposition supporters have fled into hiding.
- They say that African women in particular are desperate for asylum because of domestic violence in their home countries and that many have to go into hiding when they are deported.
- Bepe's alleged assailant has since gone into hiding, but police said they knew who they were looking for and expected to make an arrest soon.
- Rogers then discharged himself and went into hiding.
- The curtains on her bungalow home remained closed yesterday afternoon and locals said she may have gone into hiding to escape the media frenzy.
- His five years in hiding also raise many questions.
- A woman has gone into hiding after the businessman husband who tried to kill her was freed on bail, eight months into a 12-year jail term.
- In January 2003, the BBC interviewed her; at that time, she had come out of hiding but was attended by bodyguards.
- He added that he had gone into hiding for fear of his life.
- During the weeks of terror that followed, two of the revolutionary leaders, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, went into hiding in Berlin.
- The couple then went into hiding in Sheffield, first at a bed and breakfast and then at Foxhill Road for a couple of months.
- Mr Chen remains in hiding after claiming there are a thousand agents for China operating in Australia and that people have been kidnapped and transported back to Beijing.
- Surviving the trauma, she goes into hiding with her mother in a more remote village.
- They went to a hospital under police guard, then into hiding.
Synonyms hidden, concealed, lying low, gone to ground, gone to earth, gone underground, in a safe house in seclusion, in retreat British informal lying doggo
OriginMiddle English: from hide1 + -ing1. nounˈhaɪdɪŋˈhīdiNG informal 1A physical beating. 〈非正式〉痛打 they took off after him, caught him, and gave him a hiding 他们追赶并捉住了他,然后给他一顿痛打。 Example sentencesExamples - Mr Smith then heard them threaten: ‘We'll get you out, give you a good hiding and then put you back there for the night’.
- The minute offenders are apprehended, they are ushered to a quiet spot behind the bushes and will be on the receiving end of such a hiding that they are not likely to re-offend.
- The justice replied that he was satisfied that it was not the father's fault that the boys had done what they did. He gave them a good hiding and it was no less than what they deserved.
- The prosecutor said Foster, who was arrested in a pub, later told the police he was terrified he was going to get a hiding, having been told to get out of the car.
- She told her to put the ‘damn phone’ away and said if she were her daughter she would have given her a good hiding.
- But a violent hiding, indulged in by parents who lash out at their children to cover up their own failings, only causes bitter resentment.
- In 1956, it was called getting a thrashing, or a hiding - or just ‘getting it’.
- I told Dorothy I would get a hiding for being so late but Dorothy said she would talk to my parents.
- I don't drink because I see a lot of people, they get hidings from their husbands.
- I was always chicken when it came to getting hidings from my father.
Synonyms beating, battering, thrashing, thumping, pounding, pummelling, drubbing, slapping, smacking, spanking, hammering, cuffing, thwacking, mauling, pelting - 1.1 A severe defeat.
〈喻〉惨败 if they'd played badly, they would have expected a hiding 如果他们球打得糟糕的话,也许就惨败了。 Example sentencesExamples - In the second half, only a superb display by Paul Green in the Builders' goal separated them from a real hiding as they suffered a hangover from their midweek cup semi-final win.
- Even though Newcastle were on the wrong end of a hiding against Leicester last weekend, May repaid Andrew's faith by setting up Newcastle's two tries.
- Replacement keeper Matt Sargeant was brought on and striker Joel Rogers sacrificed, but that did not stop Epsom from being on the wrong end of a real hiding.
- At 20-3 down they were looking at a real hiding, but they found some passion.
- A few results offered false hope - a victory on Boxing Day away to Motherwell, Livingston taking a hiding at Perth.
- A couple of good points from Therese Keenan sealed the issue and St. Laurences were suddenly on the wrong end of a ten-point hiding.
- Scotland suffered a humiliating hiding in this international friendly at Hampden Park today.
- Last year, after the hiding from Cork, we got a bit of pride back the way the lads played against Galway in the Park, they went down fighting.
- Everyone agrees Northern Ireland are facing a hiding from England.
- We stand to get a hiding, but it ought to be exciting anyway.
- As if that was not bad enough, Murphy then gave away a second penalty - earning himself a red card as well - to leave Shrimps looking at a hiding.
- Whatever the excuses - and however valid they might be - the league leaders were given a right hiding by the Lanarkshire newcomers.
- Meanwhile St. Peter's were receiving a hiding from a surprisingly slick Pembroke side, whose Ball, ending only hours before, had no doubt taken its toll.
- It's the right way to go and while a few hidings may be endured along the way, young players will by finding their feet at inter-county level.
- It's all very well to talk about promoting the sport but try telling that to the Namibian players this week or whoever else have been on the end of a real hiding those past few weeks.
- Alert readers may have noticed that the England cricket team has been on the wrong end of several hidings in recent years, and indeed have sunk to the level that they are now regarded as the weakest of the ‘top’ cricket nations.
- It will be a case of reality-time on Saturday when the Redmen from Grafton travel to Lismore to take a likely hiding from the Greens.
- Ally MacDonald's own goal in nine minutes then set Skye up for what might have been a real hiding, especially when Alan MacLeod was sent off in 35 minutes.
- As with any team facing an Old Firm member in the Scottish Cup final, the script reads that you turn up, do your best, but prepare for a hiding and the consolation of a loser's medal.
- Enrico Chiesa completed the 8-1 hiding with a penalty.
OriginEarly 19th century: from hide + -ing. nounˈhaɪdɪŋˈhīdiNG 1The action of concealing someone or something. 隐藏(人或物) Example sentencesExamples - You know, this life of hiding and lying is no fun.
- I could understand the hiding of certain military secrets.
- We go through the decorating of the Easter eggs and the hiding of the Easter eggs and the realization a week later that the smell coming from under the radiator is the egg that got away.
- The house we lived in was brilliant for hiding: lots of dark corners, low shelves, heavy curtains and piles of coats or dressing up clothes stacked in a big old chest.
- Being ‘patriotic’ in carrying out journalism may lead to self-censorship, and even the hiding of facts.
- But of course a lot was being hidden, whoever was doing the hiding.
- 1.1 The state of being hidden.
躲藏(状态) the shipowner had gone into hiding 那船主已躲起来了。 Example sentencesExamples - The couple then went into hiding in Sheffield, first at a bed and breakfast and then at Foxhill Road for a couple of months.
- A computer programmer from Wigan has gone into hiding after winning the jackpot on TV's Who Wants to be A Millionaire?
- His five years in hiding also raise many questions.
- They went to a hospital under police guard, then into hiding.
- No one knows whether Defoe fought at this battle, but he certainly was forced into hiding afterwards and was lucky not to be caught and hanged.
- Many opposition supporters have fled into hiding.
- They say that African women in particular are desperate for asylum because of domestic violence in their home countries and that many have to go into hiding when they are deported.
- A woman has gone into hiding after the businessman husband who tried to kill her was freed on bail, eight months into a 12-year jail term.
- Mr Chen remains in hiding after claiming there are a thousand agents for China operating in Australia and that people have been kidnapped and transported back to Beijing.
- The members of the group fled and went into hiding.
- The curtains on her bungalow home remained closed yesterday afternoon and locals said she may have gone into hiding to escape the media frenzy.
- In January 2003, the BBC interviewed her; at that time, she had come out of hiding but was attended by bodyguards.
- Surviving the trauma, she goes into hiding with her mother in a more remote village.
- Bepe's alleged assailant has since gone into hiding, but police said they knew who they were looking for and expected to make an arrest soon.
- Felipe had wanted to go into hiding after the threat, but Carmen had persuaded him that the family should stay together.
- Rogers then discharged himself and went into hiding.
- He added that he had gone into hiding for fear of his life.
- When he eventually emerged from hiding, the controversial centre-forward dismissed the incident as a prank, and blamed the press for blowing matters out of proportion.
- Kerensky narrowly escaped this defeat, and for the next few weeks he lived in hiding until he could leave the country, eventually arriving in France.
- During the weeks of terror that followed, two of the revolutionary leaders, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, went into hiding in Berlin.
Synonyms hidden, concealed, lying low, gone to ground, gone to earth, gone underground, in a safe house
OriginMiddle English: from hide + -ing. |