- [uncountable]
the state of being hidden 隐藏；躲藏 - in/into hiding
We spent months in hiding. 我们躲藏了好几个月。 After the trial, she had to go into hiding for several weeks. 审讯后她不得不躲藏了几个星期。 - out of hiding
He only came out of hiding ten years after the war was over. 战争结束十年之后他才露面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hiding- go into
- come out of
- in hiding
- in/into hiding
- [uncountable]
the act of hiding something 隐藏；躲藏 I could understand the hiding of certain military secrets. 我能理解某些军事秘密的隐藏。
- [countable, usually singular] (especially British English, informal)
a physical punishment, usually involving being hit hard many times 体罚；痛打
Word Originnoun sense 2 early 19th cent.: from hide ‘animal skin’ + -ing.noun sense 1 Middle English: from hide ‘conceal’ + -ing.
Idioms
on a hiding to nothing
- (British English, informal)
having no chance of success, or not getting much advantage even if you do succeed 毫无成功机会；（即使成功了）也得不到多大好处