yern

发音

UK /jəːn/

词形变化

yerned yerning yerns 三单 yerns yerning 现在分词 yerned 过去式 yerned 过去分词

别名

yearn

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Obsolete form of yearn.

    废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.

    废旧

    I am not afraid of death, and when my time comes I'll go yern.

词源

From Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), from Old English ġeorn (“eager”), from Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz. Cognate with Danish gerne (“gladly”), Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure, gladly”), German gern (“willingly, gladly”), Icelandic gjarn (“willing, keen, eager”), Icelandic gjarna (“willingly, readily, gladdly”), Swedish gärna (“willingly, gladly”). See also yearnful and yearnfully.

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