单词 | to pant for breath |
释义 | > as lemmasto pant for breath 3. intransitive. To gasp after or for (air, water, etc.), esp. in to pant for breath. Frequently figurative: to long or wish with breathless eagerness; to gasp with desire; to yearn for, after, or to do something. 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 1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xlii. 1 As the hart braieth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee o God. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 239 I pant for life. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlii. 1 As the Hart panteth after the water brookes, so panteth my soule after thee, O God. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 423 Here Pluto pants for Breath. 1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii When all the bliss I pant for, is to gain In hell a refuge from severer pain. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 476 He..Pants to be told of battles won or lost. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. vii. 126 Her sister, panting for breath, came up with him. View more context for this quotation 1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i 'Tis to be amongst these sovereigns My husband pants! 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It App. C. 589 He continued to beat me with all his great force, until absolutely weary, exhausted and panting for breath. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xiv. 197 Stop acting..you're panting for that money. 1989 M. Dobbs House of Cards (BNC) 329 He was panting for breath from physical and nervous exhaustion. 1993 Time 18 Jan. 47/1 The consumer electronics industry is panting after something called the ‘universal box’. < as lemmas |
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