- 1憎惡、強烈的厭惡
Loathing is the feeling: a very strong hate or disgust. You feel loathing; you look at something with loathing; there is loathing in someone’s voice. It is heavier than dislike, and a bit more bodily than a cool, thought-out hate — closer to “I cannot stand this.” People use it in stories and in serious talk; it is not a playground word, but it is not rare either. Though actually, the same spelling is also the -ing form of the verb (“loathing the smell”), so you will see it doing verb-work as well as naming the feeling. The entry you need first is the feeling-noun. It pairs with (the verb) and (the describing word for the thing that causes it).
From the word’s history
From loathe/loath: Middle English lōth, from Old English lāð 'evil, loathsome' (or Old Norse leið).
源自古英文 lāð「可憎的」，loathe 的名詞，指極度厭惡。
組成From the verb loathe + -ing. Compare loathsome, which is built on the same family.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
loathingnoun/ˈləʊðɪŋ/
- 1
Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
- The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.
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