scanning
scanning — verb
1. the -ing form of the verb 'scan', describing the action of looking over somethin
the -ing form of the verb 'scan', describing the action of looking over something carefully or using a device to read or copy it, happening at the time of speaking or as a continuous process.
Aiko was scanning the crowd for a friend when someone called her name.
past progressive: was + scanning + noun phrase + for
Nikhil is scanning all the old family photos onto his computer.
present progressive: is + scanning + noun phrase + onto
Scanning the entire report took Iris less than five minutes.
The librarian has been scanning barcodes on returned books all morning.
文法句型
be + scanning
用法筆記
Scanning is the present participle of scan. It appears in progressive tenses (is scanning, was scanning, has been scanning) and as a gerund used as a noun (Scanning the room took about a minute).