pine 英 /paɪn/ 美 /paɪn/
经济学人例句
They had left behind their paddy fields, pigs and buffalo, their fresh air and forests, and pined for them.
他们把稻田、猪和水牛、新鲜的空气和森林都抛在了身后，然后对它们思念不已。
Salinger clearly pined for innocence.
塞林格很显然渴望纯真。
释义
[verb] Miss and long for the return of
[动词] 怀念并渴望归来
解读
Pine 的名词义“松树”大家都很熟悉了，这里介绍的是它的动词义——源自于古英语pīnian（遭受痛苦），最终可追溯到拉丁语poena（惩罚）。它的意思是因痛苦伤心而虚弱憔悴，引申为怀念、思念（不可能得到的东西），用法为~ for sth。
派生词
pineapple n.菠萝
近义词辨析
- Long implies a wishing with ones whole heart and often a striving to attain.
- eg.longed for some rest
- Yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing.
- eg.yearned for a stage career
- Hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money
- Pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible.
- eg.pined for a lost love
- Hunger and Thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need.
- eg.hungered for a business of his own
- eg.thirsted for power
