资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Biding \Bid"ing\, n.
   Residence; habitation. --Rowe.

Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Biding}.] [OE. biden, AS. b[=i]dan; akin to OHG. b[=i]tan,
   Goth. beidan, Icel. b[=i]??; perh. orig., to wait with trust,
   and akin to bid. See {Bid}, v. t., and cf. {Abide}.]
   1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

            All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In
            heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. --Milton.

   2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or
      state; to continue to be. --Shak.