fussing
present participle offuss
| 单词 | fussing |
| 释义 | fussing present participle offuss fuss verb uk/fʌs/us/fʌs/fussverb(GIVE ATTENTION TO)[I] to give too muchattentiontosmallmattersthat are notimportant, usually in a way thatshowsthat you areworriedand notrelaxed: Please,stopfussing - the food'scookingand there's nothing more to do until theguestsarrive. Itirritatesme the way she's always fussingwithherhair! Anxious and worried
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Wanting everything to be right Phrasal verbfuss oversomeone/something Examplesoffussingfussing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Wood notes that in addition to crying, infant signaling modalities include other vocalizations such asfussingand facial expressions. From theCambridge English Corpus Crying and whining were both considered to be negative vocalizations, as were sighing,fussingand sounds of discomfort. From theCambridge English Corpus There was no difference between the groups in the reported amounts of infantfussingand crying during the day or at night-time. From theCambridge English Corpus Between 2 and 3 months,fussingand cooing became a new vocalization, "interruptedfussing," characterized by alternations between the two kinds of vocalizations. From theCambridge English Corpus The perceived amounts of time the babies spent crying andfussingdid not differ between the groups at any age. From theCambridge English Corpus But there is more to this story than merelyfussingabout whether the model's parameters predict the appropriate behavior. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, increased responsiveness tofussingor crying infants lessens the overall amount of infant crying. From theCambridge English Corpus We arefussingwith all these amendments because we want to introduce something which will work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Scientists do not do their best work if they are for everfussing, understandably, about their personal future in the short and medium terms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think so; in my view, we arefussingtoo much about a little thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No good purpose can be served by ourfussingover it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has beenfussingabout fees; distracting attention from the real things by trying to force up students' fees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a trouble about which humane judges have beenfussingand bothering for 85 years in relation to desertion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One might say that that is ridiculous and justfussingabout names. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We arefussingabout it all unnecessarily, and every day we are undermining the confidence of the major financial markets further still. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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