| 单词 | yearn |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [jə:n] |
| 解释 | v.盼望，渴望 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.盼望，渴望(to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly) 【记】 分割记忆：year(年)+ n.'一年到头盼望' 【例】 We yearn for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives. |
| 字源 | yearn (v.) Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (cognates: Gothic gairnjan "to desire," German begehren "to desire;" Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn "desirous," Old English georn "eager, desirous," German gern "gladly, willingly"), from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (see hortatory). Related: Yearned; yearning. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 强烈地盼望, 渴望 【记】1year1year的yearn |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】year 年 + n 音：念，一年年想念；year + ni 你，一年又一年你始终在我心中→想念，渴望 |
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