oncoming

noun · adjective · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

oncomings

1.
Approach, onset

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)approaching; coming closer
Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body.

Động từ

verb

1.
(form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of oncome

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English on comynge, oncomynge, oncoomynge; equivalent to on- + coming#Noun.