| 单词 | to breathe after |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto breathe after —— to breathe after —— intransitive. To aspire to (something); to long for (something). Now archaic and rare.Cf. sense 6, breathing n. 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)] pursuea1382 affect?a1425 anhelea1500 to hawk after (for)?1510 affectate1560 to breathe after ——a1593 emule1595 aspire1596 emulate1597 to fawn upon1634 a1593 H. Smith 4 Serm. sig. F.3v in 12 Serm. (1598) Let vs breathe after the fountaine of liuing water. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 428 We see the Turkes..breathing after our destruction. 1721 Stewart's Napthali (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. ¶¶3v Her Watch-men (who were neither professedly driving on, nor secretly Breathing after Prelacy). 1836 E. B. Elliott Serm. Doctrinal & Pract. xxiv. 433 They feel a child's spirit breathing after God. The cry from within their hearts is, ‘Abba! Father!’ 1911 Union Seminary Mag. Feb.–Mar. 186 The more your heart breathes after God.., displays grace and likeness to God, and love for God, the more value God puts upon it. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。