ling
pronunciation
How to pronounce ling in British English:
UK [lɪŋ]
How to pronounce ling in American English:
US [lɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
- common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
- elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
- American hakes
- elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Word Origin
- ling (n.)
- long, slender fish, c. 1300, common Germanic, cognate with Dutch leng, German Leng, Old Norse langa, probably ultimately related to long (adj.).
Example
- 1. Ling : let me help you . Do it like this . See ?
- 2. And vivid bright cloud patterns of enterprise , ling to hired just read as restaurant .
- 3. Yang ling and her parents live in a new house now .
- 4. This is a small part of a lengthy statement released a few hours ago by laura ling and euna lee since they were released from north korea prison .
- 5. Ding ling is a representative one of china female literature and she shows political consciousness .