riding

英 ['raɪdɪŋ] 美 ['raɪdɪŋ]

riding: riding: [11] Until 1974 Yorkshire was divided for administrative purposes into three ridings. The word has no connection with ride. It means etymologically ‘third part’. It was borrowed from Old Norse thrithjungr ‘third part’, a derivative of thrithi ‘third’. Its original English form was *thrithing, later thriding or triding, and it eventually lost its initial t through assimilation into the t of the preceding east and west.
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riding (n.2): one of the three districts into which Yorkshire was divided, late 13c., from late Old English *þriðing, a relic of Viking rule, from Old Norse ðriðjungr "third part," from ðriði "third" (see third). The initial consonant merged with final consonant of preceding north, west, or east.
riding (n.1): c. 1300, verbal noun from ride (v.). Meaning "teasing, annoying" is from 1927. Riding-hood, worn by women when riding or exposed to weather, is from mid-15c.

1. Few jockeys continue race-riding beyond the age of 40.: 很少有职业赛马骑师超过40岁仍继续参加赛马的。

2. I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps.: 我记得当时村子里满是开着吉普到处转悠的美国兵。