释义 |
awanting, ppl. a.|əˈwɒntɪŋ| [The phrase a wanting (see a prep.1 12, 13) erroneously taken as a single word, as if from a vb. to awant. Chiefly in Scotch writers; cf. amissing.] Wanting.
1661Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον 105 To acquaint me with what passes, or is awanting in the Nations. 1747T. Story Jrnl. Life 78 Mutual Love and Esteem was not a-wanting. 1857H. Miller Test. Rocks ii. 94 The upper side of the skull is often awanting. 1877H. Page De Quincey II. xvi. 24 A Greek quotation with an accent misplaced or awanting. |