| 单词 | to gasp for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gasp for (also †after) a. intransitive. to gasp for (also †after) To be desperate to obtain, do, or consume; to crave. Cf. gape v. 4, gag v.1 Additions. Now colloquial (chiefly British). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (intransitive)] famish1535 gape1552 to gasp for1553 pant1560 mantle1657 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 69v But thirest chieflie afflicted the wounded and weried, which laye along euerie where in the waies where any water was gasping after it with open mouth. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxiii. 4 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 70 O god..How gaspes my flesh for thy refreshing taste! 1601 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (rev. ed.) 8 Christ, my fainting soule groaneth and gaspeth for thy grace, but it is abashed at thy glory. 1684 T. Hockin Disc. God's Decrees 333 Future happiness..nature it self does incessantly gasp and breath after. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 198. ¶5 Seeing how dearly they loved one another, and gasped after their Liberty. 1793 J. Churchill Liverpool Odes ii. 8 Behold me gasping for a crust, For eat, and very soon I must. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller III. 78 These things worked together on my mind, and I gasped after vengeance. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 76 And gasp for space amid the Infinite. 1912 Amer. Mag. Apr. 759/2 At the end of a week, he'll be simply gasping for some golf, or tennis, or croquet even. 1999 Soldier June 29/3 There you are, absolutely gasping for a cuppa, and the nearest electric kettle is miles away. < as lemmas |
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