| 单词 | spiling |
| 释义 | spiling in American English (ˈspaɪlɪŋ) noun spiles or timbers collectively Word origin < spile + -ingspiling in American English (ˈspailɪŋ) noun a group or mass of piles; spiles Word origin [1835–45; spile1 + -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, communism, ecumenical, hybridize, placement-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing” |
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