"concealment," early 13c., verbal noun from hide (v.1). Hiding place is from mid-15c.; an Old English word for this was hydels.
hiding (n.2)
"a flogging," 1809, from hide (n.1), perhaps in reference to a whip or thong made of animal hide. Old English had hyde eolian "to undergo a flogging," and hydgild "fine paid to save one's skin (from a punishment by flogging)." The English expression a hiding to nothing (by 1905) referred to a situation where there was disgrace in defeat and no honor in victory.
雙語例句
1. The family was often in flight, hiding out in friends' houses.
這一家人常常東躲西藏，在朋友家里避風(fēng)頭。
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2. The seal on the box broke when it fell from its hiding-place.
盒子從隱藏處掉落時，封口裂開了。
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3. He has just begun his fourth year in hiding.
他東躲西藏的第四個年頭剛剛開始。
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4. We believe she may have played a part in hiding the cash.
我們認為她可能參與了藏匿現(xiàn)金。
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5. He then dismembered her, hiding parts of her body in the cellar.