intruding

UK/in'tru:diŋ/US

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Definitions

adj.

Entering or interfering in an unwelcome way

闯入的，侵扰的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

in-not, opposite of

trudthrust, push, shove

-ingcontinuous / action of

=intruding

The -ing form of intrude: in- (in) + trud (push) + -ing = "pushing in." Used as a participle/adjective for something that enters unwelcome — an intruding thought, an intruding branch through a window.

Root trud still carries 10 more words

Example Sentences

1.
She brushed aside the intruding branch and kept walking.
2.
He pushed the intruding worry out of his mind.

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