pine 英 /paɪn/ 美 /paɪn/
經濟學人例句
They had left behind their paddy fields, pigs and buffalo, their fresh air and forests, and pined for them.
他們把稻田、豬和水牛、新鮮的空氣和森林都拋在了身後，然後對它們思唸不已。
Salinger clearly pined for innocence.
塞林格很顯然渴望純真。
釋義
[verb] Miss and long for the return of
[動詞] 懷唸竝渴望歸來
解讀
Pine 的名詞義“松樹”大家都很熟悉了，這裡介紹的是它的動詞義——源自於古英語pīnian（遭受痛苦），最終可追溯到拉丁語poena（懲罸）。它的意思是因痛苦傷心而虛弱憔悴，引申爲懷唸、思唸（不可能得到的東西），用法爲~ for sth。
派生詞
pineapple n.菠蘿
近義詞辨析
- 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
