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单词 striking
释义 striking
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of striken to strike — more at strike
1. : an act or instance of one that strikes
2.
 a. : something (as a coin) produced by striking
 b. : the things struck at one time
  < a huge striking of a token coinage — P.K.Anderson >
3. : strike 6
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of strike (I)
1. : that strikes; especially : attracting attention or notice through unusual or conspicuous qualities
 < one of the most striking and fearful figures in our early fiction — V.L.Parrington >
 < striking contradictions between what musical people admire and what they like — Virgil Thomson >
 < have been few more striking examples of ingenuity — Edward Clodd >
 < beautiful tweeds … made into striking suits — Catherine Paul >
2. : of, relating to, or constituting a device for striking on or putting in gear a machine or part of a machine
Synonyms: see noticeable
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