| 单词 | wistful |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['wistful] |
| 解释 | a.惆怅的，渴望的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 惆怅的，渴望的(thou ghtful and rather sad) 【例】 a wistful mood |
| 字源 | wistful (adj.) 1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c.1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. Middle English wistful meant "bountiful, well-supplied," from Old English wist "provisions." The meaning of "longingly pensive, musing" is by 1714. Related: Wistfully; wistfulness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 惆怅的; 渴望的 【记】w = want, ist人, ful: 总是want的人－渴望的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】wish + wait 渴望加等待 |
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