greeting

B1 CET-4 初中 FREQ #8879 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 祝贺, 问候

发音

其它 /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/

词形变化

greetings 复数 greetings

别名

greetin'

教材释义与例句

名词

问候，招呼；祝贺

something you say or do when you meet someone

动词

致敬，欢迎（greet的现在分词）

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

    迎接

    可数 不可数

    It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.

  2. 2.

    The action of the verb to greet.

    不可数 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of greet

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

salutation

上位词 2

acknowledgement acknowledgment

下位词 10

hello hi morning wish welcome evening afternoon card response hail

相关短语

greeting card 贺年片（用纸） greeting cards

词源

By surface analysis, greet + -ing.

来源：wiktionary