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bating

/bey-ting/US // ˈbeɪ tɪŋ //

殴打,殴斗

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Definitions

prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1

    Scot.

    • : with the exception of; excluding.

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Examples

  • There will be no more horſes killed now of a Sunday in going to Boſton, either by lack of bating, or by hard driving!

  • Closely similar to bating is "puering," investigated by Wood (see p. 94).

  • These considerations also decide whether bating is to be omitted or not.

  • Bating the article of inquisitiveness, they are as polite as courtiers.

  • He thought him 'a fool and a bigot, but, bating a little duplicity, honest and meaning well.'