fallingとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

falling

1. present participle of fall

形容詞

falling (not comparable)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) That falls or fall.

   a falling leaf

   the falling prices of luxury goods

   • 1941 March, “Notes and News: Fastest Runs in Scotland, 1940 and 1941”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:

     Of these, nine were on the Forfar-Perth section, eight were over the sharply-falling grades from Gleneagles to Perth, [...].

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名詞

falling (usually uncountable, 複数形 fallings)

1. gerund of fall
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:

     Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

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