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arresting (n.)
[arresting 词源字典]
early 15c., "action of stopping" someone or something, verbal noun from
arrest
(v.).
[arresting etymology, arresting origin, 英语词源]
arresting (adj.)
"striking, that captures the imagination," 1792, present participle adjective from
arrest
(v.).