1N-UNCOUNT 躲藏;藏匿 If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found. 躲藏;藏匿
Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border.
他们认为格雷藏在法国和意大利边境附近。
Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest.
据说有几百人为躲避逮捕而藏了起来。
The duchess is expected to come out of hiding to attend the ceremony.
公爵夫人估计会现身参加仪式。
2N-COUNT 痛打;狠揍 If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times. 痛打;狠揍 [informal]
3PHRASE 白白浪费时间;白费工夫;毫无成功希望 If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing, you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful. 白白浪费时间;白费工夫;毫无成功希望 [British, informal, emphasis]
As regards commercial survival, a car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing.
VERB + HIDING | PREPOSITIONVERB + HIDING➤go into躲藏◇He had gone into hiding just after war broke out.戰爭剛一爆發他就躲了起來。➤come out of離開藏匿之處◇After the car had passed by they came out of hiding.車子開過後,他們從藏身的地方走了出來。PREPOSITION➤in hiding躲藏◇The fugitive had spent five weeks in hiding.逃亡者已經躲藏了 5 個星期。