ending

Word family

Related topics: Literature, Grammar

end·ing /ˈendɪŋ/ noun

1 ALEND[countableC] the way that a story, film, activity etc finishes 〔故事、電影、活動等的〕結局，結尾

happy/perfect/surprise etc ending

a story with a happy ending

結局美滿的故事

ending to

Coffee is the perfect ending to a meal.

咖啡是餐後的最佳飲品。

2 [uncountableU] when a process stops or is finished, or when you finish it 〔過程的〕終結，結束

ending of

the first elections since the ending of the dictatorship

獨裁統治結束後的首次選舉

3 SLG[countableC] the last part of a word 詞尾

Verbal nouns have the ending -ing.

動名詞以-ing結尾。

→ never-ending

Examples from the Corpus

ending• Thankfully, the story had a happy ending.• The story has a happy ending.• Try perhaps to write a happy ending for this world and the people in it.• I love those old Hollywood movies with happy endings.• Go back to Part Three, which was supposed to provide the original ending.• Gerunds have the ending "-ing."• In the Spanish version of this story, the ending is completely different.• The background to this was the ending of the cycle boom in the previous year.• The ending we gave above, ... because she had seen what had happened, makes she refer to Diane.

happy/perfect/surprise etc ending• It was a lovely night and a perfect ending for our trip.• It is here that the story closes, and it is given a happy ending.• Thankfully, the story had a happy ending.• Fortunately, this ridiculous tale had a happy ending.• Still, the tale has a happy ending.• It's not my idea of a happy ending.• In addition, a reader for whom a happy ending is essential may not care for some of Joan Aiken. 4.• So far, the hyponatremia cases have all had happy endings.

end·ing noun

Syllable

Corpus

🔍 牛津詞典🔍 朗文詞典 🎯🔍 劍橋詞典🔍 柯林斯詞典🔍 麥美倫詞典🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)

最近搜尋：

ending

🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)