yearning

CET-6 大学 FREQ #13361

n. 渴望, 热望, 怀念 a. 热望的, 渴望的, 怀念的, 向往的

发音

US /ˈjɝnɪŋ/
UK /ˈjɜːnɪŋ/

词形变化

yearnings 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

渴望；向往；想念（yearn的ing形式）

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wistful or melancholy longing.

    憧憬

    She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.

  2. 1.

    Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).

    苏格兰 古体 可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of yearn

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

longing hungriness

上位词 1

desire

下位词 9

yen nostalgia pining discontent hankering discontentment discontentedness wishfulness wistfulness

词源

From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing.

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