单词 | to be dying to do |
释义 | > as lemmasto be dying to do b. to be dying to do (something): to long greatly. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (intransitive)] > to do something gapea1340 to be dying to do1709 1709 M. Prior Celia to Damon 8 That durst not tell me, what I dy'd to hear. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 254. ⁋3 She dies to see what demure and serious Airs Wedlock has given you. 1780 F. Burney Let. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 125 Mrs. Bowdler has long been dying to come to the point. 1786 F. Burney Diary 17 July (1842) III. 15 Miss P—, who was..dying with impatience to know..everything about me. 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. vii. 154 The secret was dying to escape him. 1893 G. Allen Scallywag I. 20 The pretty American's dying to see you. < as lemmas |
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