happening
happening 英 [ˈhæpənɪŋ] 美 [ ˈhæpənɪŋ]
n. 事件；意外发生的事 v. 发生；碰巧（happen的ing形式）
名词复数:happenings
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- n. 事件；意外发生的事
- v. 发生；碰巧（happen的ing形式）
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1. Her mind mistrusted there was something happening.
她心里预感到有事要发生。
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2. People gathered round, curious to know what is happening.
人们聚拢过来， 很想知道发生了什么事情。
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3. As I waited, I became aware of something happening in the house.
我在等待的时候，感觉到房子里发生了什么事。
- happening (adj.) 1520s, "occurring," present-participle adjective from happen (v.). Compare incident.
- happening (n.) mid-15c., "chance, luck," verbal noun from happen (v.); meaning "an occurrence" is 1550s. Sense of "spontaneous event or display" is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings "events" was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c. 1905.
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