释义 |
▪ I. hugging, vbl. n.|ˈhʌgɪŋ| [f. hug v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb hug.
1615Chapman Odyss. xxii. (R.), They..pour'd a flame Of loue, about their lord: with welcomes home, With huggings of his hands. 1639Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 55 They were Apes huggings, which smother with their imbracings. 1810Sporting Mag. XXXV. 193 After a hugging battle of forty minutes. 1897W. H. Thornton Remin. W.C. Clergyman iv. 125 There was..no hugging of children, no hand-shaking with friends. ▪ II. hugging ppl. a., huggingly adv. see hug v. |