| 单词 | eager-spoken |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseager-spoken a. Parasynthetic, as eager-eyed, eager-hearted; also adverbial, as eager-driven, eager-spoken. ΚΠ 1598 R. Cleaver Godly Form Househ. Gouernement 60 Though a man be eager minded toward his busines, yet by vain & idle company he shall be drawne away to other delights. 1604 S. Grahame Passionate Sparke sig. P4 Thy eager-harted ventring Subiects stands Wayting that Gallant warriours word. 1681 Grand Question Resolved xxxii. 14 What is the issue and event of such eager thirsting desires? 1742 J. Winstanley Poems 126 Thus crafty Chloe tunes her Voice, When eager set for Game. 1805 W. Wordsworth Incid. Favourite Dog 11 Every dog is eager-hearted. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 85 The carved angels, ever eager-eyed. 1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 364 The eager-driven spear [L. incita..hasta] Smote on his helm, and shore away the topmost of his crest. 1891 S. O. Jewett Native of Winby 150 A busy, unselfish, eager-minded creature. 1900 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 593/2 The world was much with the major, and he was nothing if not eager spoken. 1957 Sunday Times Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 7 Apr. iii. 1/7 Eager-faced crowds turn out to hear in person the music which has so captured the nation's fancy. 2010 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 13 Feb. 2 The archetypal American waiter today is no longer the eager-eyed college student. < as lemmas |
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