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yearn 音标拼音: [j'ɚn] vi. 渴望,想念,怀念 渴望,想念,怀念 yearn v 1: desire strongly or persistently [ synonym: { hanker}, { long}, { yearn}] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; " She ached for a cigarette"; " I am pining for my lover" [ synonym: { ache}, { yearn}, { yen}, { pine}, { languish}] 3: have affection for; feel tenderness forYearn \ Yearn\ ( y[~ e] rn), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Yearned}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Yearning}.] [ Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge ( see { Y-}).] To pain; to grieve; to vex. [ Obs.] " She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] It yearns me not if men my garments wear. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Yearn \ Yearn\, v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [ Obs.] " Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Yearn \ Yearn\, v. i. & t. [ See { Yearnings}.] To curdle, as milk. [ Scot.] [ 1913 Webster]
Yearn \ Yearn\, v. i. [ OE. yernen, [ yogh] ernen, [ yogh] eornen, AS. geornian, gyrnan, fr. georn desirous, eager; akin to OS. gern desirous, girnean, gernean, to desire, D. gaarne gladly, willingly, G. gern, OHG. gerno, adv., gern, a., G. gier greed, OHG. gir[ imac] greed, ger desirous, ger[= o] n to desire, G. begehren, Icel. girna to desire, gjarn eager, Goth. fa[' i] huga[' i] rns covetous, ga[' i] rnjan to desire, and perhaps to Gr. chai` rein to rejoice, be glad, Skr. hary to desire, to like. [ root] 33.] To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. [ 1913 Webster] Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep. -- Gen. xliii. 30. [ 1913 Webster] Your mother' s heart yearns towards you. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " yearn": ache, covet, crave, desire, dream, fancy, hanker, hunger, itch, long, lust, pant, pine, prefer, thirst, want, wish, yen |
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