kicking
present participle ofkick
| 单词 | kicking |
| 释义 | kicking present participle ofkick kick verb uk/kɪk/us/kɪk/A1[IorT] tohitsomeone or something with thefoot, or tomovethefeetandlegssuddenlyandviolently: I kicked theballas hard as I could. He wasaccusedof kicking a manintheface. Shefeltthebabykicking inside her. [I] If agunkicks, itjumpsbacksuddenlyand withforcewhen thegunisfired. be kickingyourself/could have kickedyourself C2 used to say that you are veryannoyedwith yourself because you have done somethingstupidormissedachance: When Irealizedwhat I'd done I could have kicked myself. They must be kicking themselves forsellingtheirsharestoo early.
Hitting and beating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Guns Angry and displeased Idiomskick (some) ass kick sb's arse kick the bucket kick the can down the road kick the habit kickyourheels kick it kicksomethinginto the long grass kicksomethinginto touch kick over the traces kick the tires kick up a fuss/row/stink kick upyourheels kicksomeoneupstairs Phrasal verbskick againstsomething kick around kicksomethingaround kick back kick in kick insomething kick off kick (something) off kicksomeoneout kick up Examplesofkickingkicking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. After eachkicking, the robot modifies its trajectory to goal position by obtaining the information of thekickingposition of the other two robots. From theCambridge English Corpus I conclude that critical discussion leaves the argument very much alive andkicking, and indeed strengthened as it moves into its second decade of life. From theCambridge English Corpus Resistance included angry behaviors such askicking, hitting, or biting the parent, and showing a continual fussiness or inability to be soothed by the parent. From theCambridge English Corpus This behaviour comprised sideways movement of the abdomen,kickingand sometimes retraction of the stylets and escape by walking to other parts of the plant. From theCambridge English Corpus As one representative of the industry recently stated 'it may be difficult to develop close partnerships if you start out bykickingthe door in'. From theCambridge English Corpus Sound-producing gestures, including both excitatory gestures such as hitting, stroking, bowing, blowing, singing,kicking, etc., and modifying gestures such as modulations of pitch and timbre. From theCambridge English Corpus Thekickingtimes are ordered and form a finite or infinite sequence. From theCambridge English Corpus After pushing her down andkickingher brutally, he left his wife and walked on to catch up with the rest of the group. From theCambridge English Corpus If you think neoclassical economics deserves a goodkickingaround, you will enjoy it a lot. From theCambridge English Corpus Kickingaway the prop would by itself render his structure unstable. From theCambridge English Corpus It is alive andkickingin both empirical and religious varieties. From theCambridge English Corpus This advice was adopted by parliament in 1977kickingoff a large-scale merger process. From theCambridge English Corpus In these experiments, even young children exhibited detailed knowledge about the laws of motion in their throwing andkickingactions. From theCambridge English Corpus This is not evenkickinga dead horse, butkickinga nonexistent one. From theCambridge English Corpus Responsibility for the (easy)kickingof a car cannot therefore be attributed to a car, or to any of its built-in properties. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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