单词 | taking |
释义 | taking I. 1. a. < had a taking, which he took calmly, simply bidding us hold him upside down by his ankles — J.J.Chapman > b. obsolete 2. a. chiefly Scotland < his head and his stomach were in a very sad taking — C.E.Abernethy > b. < put him in a great taking … grew as white as a napkin — John Buchan > 3. a. takings plural < in those days the takings of a popular play were much less — W.S.Maugham > < takings did not cover expenses > < gross takings > b. c. II. 1. < book has a very taking period flavor — Times Literary Supplement > < knew she would be a taking girl; how lovely, I did not guess — George Meredith > < something inexpressibly taking in his manner — Douglas Jerrold > 2. |
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