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yearning 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈyərniNG/,
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yearnings, plural;
  1. Involving or expressing yearning
    • - a yearning hope
Noun
  1. A feeling of intense longing for something lost, absent, or unattainable
    • - he felt a yearning for the mountains
  1. longing: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  2. (yearningly) longingly: in a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'"
  3. (yearn) hanker: desire strongly or persistently
  4. (yearn) ache: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
  5. (yearn) have affection for; feel tenderness for
  6. Yearning is 1990 an Armenian drama film based on Hrachya Kochar's novel Nostalgia. Directed by Frunze Dovlatyan.
  7. Yearning (1995) is a collaborative album by ambient musician Robert Rich and sarod player Lisa Moskow. It is based on the classical Indian musical form known as alap. Alap is the first and slowest section of a raga. ...
  8. Yearning is an atmospheric doom metal band from Finland. During its career the band released five studio albums and one demo, the latter being released while the band was still called Flegeton.
  9. A wistful or melancholy longing; rennet
  10. (yearn) To long, have a strong desire (for something); To long back with melancholy, nostalgically
  11. (Yearn) To feel in a dream that you are yearning for the presence of anyone, denotes that you will soon hear comforting tidings from your absent friends. ...
  12. (yearned) 301-To have a strong, often melancholy desire. "I saw how you suffered and yearned for affections." (301)
  13. A strong emotion referred to within the grief cycle, also referred to as pining.
  14. to long for; to wish