| 释义 |
a-doing, adv. and pred. a., prop. phr. Now arch.|əˈduːɪŋ|
[f. a prep.1 + doing vbl. n.; often construed as quasi-pres. pple.]
Being done; in the process of happening.
1526Tindale New Testament Colossians iv. 9 They shall shewe you of all thynges which are adoynge here. 1624R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. mem. v. v. 456 Blessed is the wooing, That is not long a doing. 1842Barham Sir Rupert the Fearless in Ingol. Leg. 2nd Ser. 40 Thrice happy's the wooing That's not long a-doing! a1907F. Thompson St. Ignatius Loyola (1909) 281 While these things were adoing in the eyes of the world. 1954M. Oliver Failing Wine ii. vi. 158 Mary was perfectly aware of what was a-doing. |