单词 | yearned |
释义 | yearnedadj.1 Scottish. Of milk: curdled. Only in yearned milk: curds, esp. when eaten as a food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > curds curd1378 slipc1425 wrench-milk1510 well curds1538 float-wheyc1550 ricoct1582 curdlea1591 bonny clabber1605 fleeting1611 clabber1634 yearned milk?1635 trouts1683 sweet-cheese1688 earning1744 slip curd1784 ?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 33 The making of cheese of yearned milk. 1826 D. Anderson Poems in Sc. Dial. 101 Syne chappet kail an' yirn't milk cam'. 1868 R. L. Stevenson Let. in Scribner's Mag. (1899) 25 36/2 Curds called ‘yearned milk’ hereaway. 1886 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 31 July 2/2 Hens, cocks, lappered milk, yearned milk, cream, and all sorts of jams there were in abundance. 1969 Northern Scot (Moray) 13 Dec. 4 The yearnt milk with a spoonful of freshly home-made raspberry jam. 2005 A. Fenton Buchan Words & Ways iv. 81 I've eaten yirnt milk often enough at home too, and I remember it especially in combination with a quarter of new-baked oatcakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yearnedadj.2 1. Strongly desired, longed-for. Originally and chiefly in yearned-for. ΘΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective] > longed for longed1572 thirsted?1611 suspireda1639 yearned1797 1797 F. G. Waldron Virgin Queen i. iii. 18 Now shall I see the wond'rous, yearn'd-for place, Where many Prospers, and Mirandas dwell. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 10/1 The yearned-for visitor. 1906 W. A. Ellis tr. R. Wagner in Life R. Wagner V. vi. 300 How to project into this terrible world a God who shall turn..the yearned redemption to a tangible reality. 1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 9 I notice that in her yearned-for requirements the vocalist mentions merely desired height: ‘'bout five foot six or seven’. 2002 N. Valis Culture of Cursilería iii. 121 The expression of yearned-for new identities. 2008 P. Villar-Argaiz Poetry of E. Boland v. 164 After school the girl goes to her house, an apparently Irish homely setting, where she might find a yearned ‘authenticity’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] sorelyc888 gramec893 sorrowfuleOE unblithec897 sorryeOE carefulOE charyOE sickOE yomerOE sorry-moodOE sweerc1000 yomerlyOE sorrilyOE woea1200 balec1220 sorry?c1225 sorec1275 sorec1275 gremefula1300 sada1300 ruthlyc1300 thoughtfulc1300 woebegonea1325 heavyc1330 grievousc1374 woefula1375 sorrowya1382 dereful?a1400 sorousa1400 sytefula1400 teenfula1400 wrotha1400 balefulc1400 tristy?c1400 tristc1420 dolefulc1430 wapped in woec1440 yhevidc1440 dolenta1450 condolentc1460 discomforted1477 tristfula1492 sorrow1496 dram?a1513 dolorous1513 earnful?1527 troublous1535 amort1546 mournfula1558 passioned1560 sadded1566 tristive1578 distressed1586 passionate1586 sorrowed1596 distressful1601 passionful1605 sighful1606 contristed1625 anguishinga1642 sadful1658 saddened1665 tristitious1694 sick as a parrot1705 pangful1727 woesome1778 grieving1807 ruesome1833 yearned1838 doleant1861 mournsome1869 thoughted1869 tragical1887 grief-stricken1905 1838 S. Bellamy Betrayal 82 What if that vow Thy Father's yearn'd heart, all impatiently, Hath quench'd in its embrace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1?1635adj.21797 |
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