carting
present participle ofcart
| 单词 | carting |
| 释义 | carting present participle ofcart cart verb[T+ adv/prep] uk/kɑːt/us/kɑːrt/to take something or someonesomewhere,especiallyusing a lot ofeffort: We carted all therubbishto thebottomof thegardenandburnedit. Councilworkershave cartedawayall thedeadleavesthat hadcollectedat thesideof theroad. informalI've been carting(=carrying)theselettersaroundwith me allweek, and I still haven'tpostedthem. informalThedrunkswho had beensleepingin theparkwere cartedoff(= taken byforce)to thepolicestation. Synonyms carry(TRANSPORT) drag(PULL) ferry luginformal toteinformal transport(GOODS/PEOPLE) Transferring and transporting objects
Examplesofcartingcarting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The poor chest often paid for the cutting andcartingof wood for those who were unable to do this themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus The commitment begins with the investment such a volume usually commands and continues through the reading,carting, and full digestion of its contents. From theCambridge English Corpus They had got to get a living bycartingor coal dealing and the middenstack was worth 30 shillings a year. From theCambridge English Corpus Pothier's treatise provides a detailed description of the sort ofcartingservices for which the lessee was responsible. From theCambridge English Corpus Smallholders—in my part of the world at any rate—up to that time had an important ancillary occupation in summer—that ofcarting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The cutting andcartingof grass for silage making is already included under the heading of haymaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The average cost of them has been £218, including drainage, water supply, fencing,cartingand levelling, and, in some cases, bridge approaches, but excluding architect's fees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are these villagers still to go oncartingwater for miles? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was punctuality in that regard, but not at certain other times, particularly harvest time, when there was sometimes all-nightcarting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That involves suppliers in junior formulas, rally, training cars andcarting—suppliers right through the supply chain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely those who have been handling bulldozers andcartingquicklime to places where the outbreak has taken place should be decontaminated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let the railway companies do anycartingor any other terminal services below cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Farming can be satisfactorily combined with all sorts of other sources of income—cartingherrings and working in forestry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of one farm, at least, which uses horses forcartingpurposes, especially at harvest time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1949, watercartinghad to be carried out extensively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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