| 单词 | to be spoiling for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be spoiling for b. to be spoiling for (a fight, etc.): to long for, to desire ardently or earnestly. Also const. infinitive. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)] to gape uponc1340 galp1546 gape1552 to gape ata1586 to die for1591 ambition1601 raven1607 ambigate1633 ambitionate?c1642 ambiate1659 sparkle1665 to be for1673 efflagitate1676 greed1848 to be spoiling for1865 1865 L. Stephen Sketches from Cambr. 67 We are in the condition which the Yankees call ‘spoiling for a fight’. 1890 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 191 The native population..chronically spoiling for a fight. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 16 Nov. 368/2 Dr. James Martineau, who, in spite of his eighty-nine years, seemed still to be ‘spoiling for an argument’. a1960 E. M. Forster Maurice (1971) vii. 42 Durham..would be found at all hours curled up in his room and spoiling to argue. < as lemmas |
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