| 单词 |
desiring |
| 释义 |
▪ I. desiring, vbl. n.|dɪˈzaɪərɪŋ|
[f. desire v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb desire; longing, desire. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as gerund.)
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 356 Þorw coueityse and vnkynde desyrynge. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 235 b/1 The desyrynges of the flesshe. 1593T. Watson Tears of Fancie xx. Poems (Arb.) 188 If he at first had banisht loues desiring. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 63 By ‘lust’ I mean those general desirings of our minds after any unlawful object which are forbidden in the tenth commandment. Mod. One cannot gain honour merely by desiring it.
▪ II. deˈsiring, ppl. a.
[f. desire v. + -ing2.]
That desires; longing, desirous.
c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋611 A man that is to desirynge for to gete riches. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxiii. 497 They were sore desyrynge for to see theyr wyves, theyr chyldren, and theyr londes. 1552Huloet, Desirous or desirynge, appetens, auidus. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, v. ii. 14 So many greedy lookes of yong and old, Through Casements darted their desiring eyes Vpon his visage. a1700Dryden (J.) Jove beheld it with a desiring look. |
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