taking

takingadj/ˈteɪkɪŋ/

• 1

  Alluring; attractive.

  • […] a Proteus-Devil appeared unto him, changing into Shapes, but fixing himself at last into the form of a Fair Woman. Strange, that Satan (so subtil in making his Temptations most taking) should preferre this form […]
  • His speech from the hustings was very original, and therefore very taking.
• 2

  obsoleteInfectious; contagious.

  • All the stor’d vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones, You taking airs, with lameness!
  • Come not near me, For I am yet too taking for your company.

takingnoun/ˈteɪkɪŋ/

• 1

  The act by which something is taken.

  • At the taking of the stockade he had distinguished himself greatly by the methodical ferocity of his fighting.
  • Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
• 2

  A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.

• 3

  A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).

  • What a taking was hee in, when your husband askt who was in the basket?
  • "[...] at last, he proceeded from staring to touching; he put out his hand and stroked one curl, as gently as if it were a bird. He might have stuck a knife into her neck, she started round in such a taking. "'Get away, this moment! How dare you touch me? Why are you stopping there?' she cried, in a tone of disgust. [...]
• 4

  Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).

  • Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.
  • Count the shop's takings.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• take