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单词 lust
释义 lust
I. \ˈləst\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lust pleasure, desire, Old Norse losti sexual desire, Gothic lustus desire, Latin lascivus wanton, playful, Greek lilaiesthai to yearn, Sanskrit laṣati he yearns, lasati he plays
1. obsolete
 a. : pleasure, gratification, delight
  < gazing upon the Greeks with little lust — Shakespeare >
 b. : personal inclination : wish, whim
  < when I am hence, I'll answer to my lust — Shakespeare >
 c. : vigor, fertility
  < the increasing lust of the earth or of the plant — Francis Bacon >
2. : sexual desire especially of a violent self-indulgent character : lechery, lasciviousness
 < 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 intense longing : craving
  < 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. : eagerness, enthusiasm
  < restore your vigor and lust for living — National Geographic >
  < was candor incarnate, with a lust for iconoclasm — W.A.White >
Synonyms: see desire
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English lusten, from lust, n.
intransitive verb
: to have an intense desire or need : have a desire as a ruling passion : crave, long, yearn
 < 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 : to have a sexual urge ~
transitive verb
obsolete : to make a choice of : please
 < I kings create … and, whom I lust, do heap with glory — Edmund Spenser >
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