单词 | lust |
释义 | lust I. 1. obsolete a. < gazing upon the Greeks with little lust — Shakespeare > b. < when I am hence, I'll answer to my lust — Shakespeare > c. < the increasing lust of the earth or of the plant — Francis Bacon > 2. < love comforteth, like sunshine after rain, but lust's effect is tempest after sun — Shakespeare > < two lonely people … drawn together by the nature of their lusts (not love) — James Stern > 3. a. < an unquenchable lust to dominate — B.I.Bell > < an insatiable lust for land — P.W.Gates > < extremest commercialism and the lusts of a great city — Robert Russell > < the sea … instilling in the restless spirit a lust for adventure — George Theotokas > b. < restore your vigor and lust for living — National Geographic > < was candor incarnate, with a lust for iconoclasm — W.A.White > Synonyms: see desire II. intransitive verb < his bulky body lusted for sleep with every muscle and nerve — S.V.Benét > — often used with after < scented … a chance of return to the old detective work that his soul lusted after — Rudyard Kipling > specifically transitive verb obsolete < I kings create … and, whom I lust, do heap with glory — Edmund Spenser > |
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