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Pine Paɪn V.渴望;苦思 Mother Pining Son Daughter 母亲渴望见到她的子女

Front pine
Pron [paɪn]
Back 【pine】
v.渴望;苦思
The mother was pining to see her son and daughter.
母亲渴望见到她的子女。
Vocab
pinea coniferous tree

If you pine for someone, you desperately want to see them, be with them, or perhaps smother them with kisses. If you're texting your ex-boyfriend over 50 times a day, there's a pretty good chance that you still pine for him.

In Old English, pine meant "to torture or cause to experience pain," which seems quite fitting if you've known what it's like to pine for something or someone. The verb pine should not be confused with the noun pine, as in the evergreen tree. If you are from the Northeast and find yourself living in the Caribbean, you may pine for the sight of a pine tree, but the lovely weather should ease the pain.

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