单词 | perishing |
释义 | perishing From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Natureperishingper‧ish‧ing /ˈperɪʃɪŋ/ adjective British English spoken1 DNCOLDvery cold It was perishing in the tent. Let’s go indoors. I’m perishing!2 BAD[only before noun] old-fashioned informal used to describe someone or something that is annoying you Tell those perishing kids to shut up! —perishingly adverbExamples from the Corpusperishing• Not so long ago the water used to steam away like a perishing engine on these tables in hot weather.• Get rid of the perishing lot.• Henry wished now that he'd not made such a fuss about the perishing uniform. |
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