单词 | longed-for |
释义 | > as lemmaslonged-for longed-for adj. strongly desired, yearned for. ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Phil. iv. i Brethren dearly beloved and longed for [Gk. ἐπιπόθητοι].] a1591 H. Smith Six Serm. (1618) sig. C7v May not the fastned Ship in a strange Land desire to be loosed, to hasten to his longed for Port at home? a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 8 Fresh expectation troubled not the Land With any long'd-for-change, or better State. View more context for this quotation 1721 A. Ramsay Content 206 Our long'd-for bliss. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. li. 19 The longed-for mother. 1898 W. K. Johnson Terra Tenebrarum 120 She sees the longed-for strand. 1952 C. B. MacDonald & S. T. Mathews Three Battles 165/2 It seemed the longed-for relief would never come. 2002 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 3 Sept. The seductive aroma of a longed-for meal. < as lemmas |
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