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单词 aborning
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Definition of aborning in English:

aborning

adverbəˈbɔːnɪŋəˈbôrniNG
North American
  • While being born or produced.

    〈主北美〉诞生(或产生)时

    the idea died aborning

    这个主意出笼时就夭折了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mission was on, and any potential fantasies died aborning.
    • Without this sixth ‘point of emphasis’ Dr. Anderson's five ‘points of emphasis’ will - and should - die aborning.
    • The most enthusiastic supporters of the various plans had a big stake in the new program, Castle, which would die aborning if Haven ceased to exist.
    • But in privileging economic factors and forces, as Heymann has done, and ignoring, for the most part, cultural and historical forces, which she has also done, her argument is going to die aborning once it hits the light of political day.
verbəˈbɔːnɪŋəˈbôrniNG
be aborningNorth American
  • Being born or produced.

    〈主北美〉诞生(或产生)时

    in the early 1960s, hippiedom was aborning
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jimmie's playgrounds were not of the mundane world of his parents, but spanned a universe still aborning.
    • Little else received his attention when the series was aborning.
    • A city is a core, a relic of the past, while suburbs - constantly aborning farther and farther from the tired center - are fresh, vital, forward-looking.
    • In the decade from 1978 to 1988, when ELCA was budding or aborning, multiple disappointments over LBW - from the absence of Ylvisaker's folk setting to this or that hymn - gave rise to rumors and realities of ‘worship wars.’
    • He and three of his colleagues, calling themselves the Almanac Singers, were on a cross-country jalopy tour singing and creating songs for the industrial unions aborning.
    • Are we aborning, like Chesterton's donkey, at some moment when the moon is blood?
    • Here Weiner and Slater previewed their aborning musical version of ‘Lost in America ‘to a panel of professionals led by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked).’
    • Dan expressed the view that the iPod may be our Duchampian icon, the most important cultural signifier of an age just aborning.’

Origin

1930s: from a- 'in the process of' + borning, verbal noun from born (North American dialect usage) 'to be born'.

Rhymes

awning, dawning, morning, mourning, spawning, warning

Definition of aborning in US English:

aborning

adverbəˈbôrniNG
North American
  • While being born or produced.

    〈主北美〉诞生(或产生)时

    the idea died aborning

    这个主意出笼时就夭折了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mission was on, and any potential fantasies died aborning.
    • But in privileging economic factors and forces, as Heymann has done, and ignoring, for the most part, cultural and historical forces, which she has also done, her argument is going to die aborning once it hits the light of political day.
    • The most enthusiastic supporters of the various plans had a big stake in the new program, Castle, which would die aborning if Haven ceased to exist.
    • Without this sixth ‘point of emphasis’ Dr. Anderson's five ‘points of emphasis’ will - and should - die aborning.
verbəˈbôrniNG
be aborningNorth American
  • Being born or produced.

    〈主北美〉诞生(或产生)时

    in the early 1960s, hippiedom was aborning
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Are we aborning, like Chesterton's donkey, at some moment when the moon is blood?
    • Jimmie's playgrounds were not of the mundane world of his parents, but spanned a universe still aborning.
    • In the decade from 1978 to 1988, when ELCA was budding or aborning, multiple disappointments over LBW - from the absence of Ylvisaker's folk setting to this or that hymn - gave rise to rumors and realities of ‘worship wars.’
    • Here Weiner and Slater previewed their aborning musical version of ‘Lost in America ‘to a panel of professionals led by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked).’
    • He and three of his colleagues, calling themselves the Almanac Singers, were on a cross-country jalopy tour singing and creating songs for the industrial unions aborning.
    • Dan expressed the view that the iPod may be our Duchampian icon, the most important cultural signifier of an age just aborning.’
    • Little else received his attention when the series was aborning.
    • A city is a core, a relic of the past, while suburbs - constantly aborning farther and farther from the tired center - are fresh, vital, forward-looking.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from a- ‘in the process of’ + borning, verbal noun from born (North American dialect usage) ‘to be born’.

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