wistful
C2
大学
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a. 渴望的, 想望的
发音
其它
/ˈwɪstfəl/
词形变化
more wistful
比较级
most wistful
最高级
别名
whistful
教材释义与例句
形容词
渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的
释义与例句
adj.
C2
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1.
Full of longing or yearning.
His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.
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2.
Sad and thoughtful.
词汇关系
词源
Presumably from *whistful, from whist (“silent”) + -ful, based on older wistly. It is implausible that it derives from wishful, the required sound change being wishful → *wisful → wistful, which could not occur in Modern English, particularly not with wishful continuing in use. However, the sense of “longing” appears to be influenced by wishful, making wistful an ambiguous poetic word.
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