单词 | rising |
释义 | rising /ruy"zing/, adj. 1. advancing, ascending, or mounting: rising smoke. 2. growing or advancing to adult years: the rising generation. adv. Informal 3. somewhat more than: The crop came to rising 6000 bushels. 4. in approach of; almost; well-nigh: a lad rising sixteen. n. 5. the act of a person or thing that rises. 6. an insurrection; rebellion; revolt. 7. something that rises; projection or prominence. 8. a period of leavening of dough preceding baking. 9. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a morbid swelling, as an abscess or boil. 10. Also called riser. Naut. a stringer supporting the thwarts of an open boat. [1150-1200; ME (ger.). See RISE, -ING2, ING1] |
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