| 释义 |
wistful, a.|ˈwɪstfʊl|
[app. f. wistly adv. (where cf. quot. 1613–16) + -ful, with reminiscence of wishful. In early use mainly poetical.]
†1. Closely attentive, intent. Obs.
1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. ii. 544 A Christall Riuer..chid The artlesse Songsters, that their Musicke still Should charme the sweet Dale, and the wistfull Hill. 1711Steele Spect. No. 113 ⁋3 [She] bore the Whispers of all around the Court with such a pretty Uneasiness,..and then recovered her self from one Eye to another, 'till she was perfectly confused by meeting something so wistful in all she encountered.
2. Expectantly or yearningly eager, watchful, or intent; mournfully expectant or longing. (Chiefly in reference to the look.)
1714Gay Sheph. Week v. 1 Why, Grubbinol, dost thou so wistful seem? There's Sorrow in thy Look, if right I deem. 1725Pope Odyss. x. 484 My sad companions on the beach I found, Their wistful eyes in floods of sorrow drown'd. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. viii, I..lifting up one of my Sashes, cast many a wistful melancholy Look towards the Sea. 1799Campbell Pleas. Hope i. 88 His faithful dog..Points to his master's eyes (where'er they roam) His wistful face, and whines a welcome home. 1878Black Green Past. xxi, For a moment she hesitated, eager, disappointed and wistful.
Comb.1873Black Pr. Thule iii, This fair-haired, wistful-eyed girl. 1889Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiii, The wistful-eyed red Somerset kine.
advb.1795Southey Joan of Arc i. 258 His eyes gazed wistful round. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, The terror that seized the girl as she gazed long and wistful upon the knight. |