| 单词 | longing |
| 释义 | longing (once / 273 pages) n A longing is a strong feeling of need or desire for someone or something. If you're stuck in detention and all of your friends are outside enjoying a sunny day, you might be looking out the window with longing. A longing describes an unfulfilled desire. The days might feel long as long as you are longing to see someone you love, if that person is far away. You might be longing for your mother's home-made chicken soup, if you are sick and far from home. Or perhaps you are a pregnant woman, wide awake and longing for pickles and ice-cream at four in the morning. Let's hope there's a twenty-four hour deli open somewhere to help satisfy your longing. WORD FAMILYlonging: longings+/length: lengthen, lengths, lengthy/lengthen: lengthened, lengthening, lengthens/lengthening: lengthenings/lengthy: lengthier, lengthiest, lengthily, lengthiness/long: length, longed, longer, longest, longing, longingly, longish, longly, longness, longs/longest: longests USAGE EXAMPLESBut the team’s struggles left them longing for next year. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Today, only fools embrace the uglier parts of the pre-Civil War South, but there is a longing to preserve Southern identity. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) “It’s not just a longing or just a passing urge.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) n prolonged unfulfilled desire or need Syn|Hypo|Hyper hungriness, yearning hankering, yen a yearning for something or to do something pininga feeling of deep longing wishfulnessan unrealistic yearning wistfulnessa sadly pensive longing nostalgialonging for something past discontent, discontentedness, discontentmenta longing for something better than the present situation lovesicknessa pining for a loved one homesicknessa longing to return home disgruntlementa feeling of sulky discontent dysphoriaabnormal depression and discontent dissatisfactionthe feeling of being displeased and discontent desire the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
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