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lust n.强烈的欲望 lust (n.) Old English lust "desire, appetite, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German lust, Old Norse lyst, Gothic lustus "pleasure, desire, lust"), from PIE *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cognates: Latin lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful;" see lascivious).In Middle English, "any source of pleasure or delight," also "an appetite," also "a liking for a person," also "fertility" (of soil). Sense of "sinful sexual desire, degrading animal passion" (now the main meaning) developed in late Old English from the word's use in Bible translations (such as lusts of the flesh to render Latin concupiscentia carnis [I John ii:16]); the cognate words in other Germanic languages tend still to mean simply "pleasure."lust (v.) c.1200, "to wish, to desire," from lust (n.) and Old English lystan (see list (v.4)). Sense of "to have a strong sexual desire (for or after)" is first attested 1520s in biblical use. Related: Lusted; lusting. 【记】音：辣死他，火辣(hot)指性感，刺激欲望至死；last 最后的，这种东西是最终的，最原始的欲望，最后的底线，不可随意逾越与放纵；【相关】lascivious 好色的, 淫荡的, 挑动情欲的；slut 荡妇 音：死辣她

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[lʌst] 【英】 n. 强烈的欲望(overmast ering desire)【例】 an insatiable lust for personal power n. 强烈的欲望(无法控制的性饥渴)【记】源于: last, 全世界就剩了最后一个女子, 引起－lust

单词	lust
音标	[lʌst]
解释	n.强烈的欲望
红宝书	【英】 n. 强烈的欲望(overmast ering desire) 【例】 an insatiable lust for personal power
字源	lust (n.) Old English lust "desire, appetite, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic lustuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German lust, Old Norse lyst, Gothic lustus "pleasure, desire, lust"), from PIE las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cognates: Latin lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful;" see lascivious). In Middle English, "any source of pleasure or delight," also "an appetite," also "a liking for a person," also "fertility" (of soil). Sense of "sinful sexual desire, degrading animal passion" (now the main meaning) developed in late Old English from the word's use in Bible translations (such as lusts of the flesh to render Latin concupiscentia carnis [I John ii:16]); the cognate words in other Germanic languages tend still to mean simply "pleasure." lust (v.) c.1200, "to wish, to desire," from lust (n.) and Old English lystan (see list (v.4)). Sense of "to have a strong sexual desire (for or after)" is first attested 1520s in biblical use. Related: Lusted; lusting.
不择手段背单词	n. 强烈的欲望(无法控制的性饥渴) 【记】源于: last, 全世界就剩了最后一个女子, 引起－lust
趣味全助记	【记】音：辣死他，火辣(hot)指性感，刺激欲望至死；last 最后的，这种东西是最终的，最原始的欲望，最后的底线，不可随意逾越与放纵；【相关】lascivious 好色的, 淫荡的, 挑动情欲的；slut 荡妇音：死辣她

Lust English N Cognates Desire Latin Sense Sexual