yearning
A wistful or melancholy longingA wistful or melancholy longing.
» The trees, like the yearnings of the earth, stand on tiptoe to peer at the sky.
Значення
значень: 2A wistful or melancholy longing.
She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
Sehnsucht, großes Verlangen
тя́гаtjága, скло́нностьsklónnostʹ, стремле́ниеstremlénije
(Шотландія, архаїчне, злічуване, незлічуване)Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).
- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Приклади
речень: 1The trees, like the yearnings of the earth, stand on tiptoe to peer at the sky.
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerunFrom Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing.
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Форми
множина: yearningsСиноніми
синонімів: 2- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need:longinghungriness