| 单词 | changing |
| 释义 | changing (once / 217 pages) adj Use the adjective changing to describe something that doesn't stay the same, but continually alters or changes with time. When you talk about the changing seasons, you're referring to the dynamic movement from fall to winter and winter to spring — along with all the differences between one season and the next. You could also describe the changing population of your city, in flux and undergoing constant shifts and variations. Changing comes from the verb change, with its Old French root changier, "to alter, exchange, or switch," and ultimately from the Latin cambire, "to exchange or barter." WORD FAMILYchanging: changingly, unchanging+/change: changeable, changed, changeful, changeless, changer, changes, changing, counterchange, interchange/changeable: changeability, changeableness, changeablest, changeably, unchangeable/changed: unchanged/changeful: changefully, changefulness/changeless: changelessly, changelessness/changer: changers/counterchange: counterchanged, counterchanges, counterchanging/interchange: interchangeable, interchanged, interchanges, interchanging/interchangeable: interchangeability, interchangeableness, interchangeably, noninterchangeable/unchangeable: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangeably/unchanged: unchangedly/unchanging: unchangingly, unchangingness USAGE EXAMPLESIn a rapidly changing climate, they may get it. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This trend, of course, reflects how new technology is radically changing many traditional businesses. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Last year, with all this in mind, Salemi began travelling across Iran to document the changing climate. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) adj marked by continuous change or effective action Syn ever-changing dynamic, dynamical characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality |
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