单词 | agasp |
释义 | agaspadv.adj. In a gasping condition. Also as predicative adj.: gasping, eager. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective] yernc893 oflisteOE courageousc1290 eager?a1300 greedya1300 keena1375 affectuousa1400 lickerousc1405 appetentc1420 affectual1483 gasping1517 zealous1531 avidious1534 avidous1542 affectivec1550 anxious1570 lickerish1579 solicitous1628 mantling1657 ambitioning1683 urgent1753 avid1769 agasp1800 concernable1886 yearnful1889 yevery1896 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adverb] greedilyc1000 lickerouslyc1315 eagerlyc1380 daintively1393 affectuallyc1425 affectionately1534 avidiously?1548 affectuously1552 anxiously1563 lickerishlya1661 agasp1800 avidly1856 with (one's) tongue hanging out1897 1723 A. Philips Humfrey v. vi. 71 His Nostrils, stretch'd with strugling! His Mouth, a-gasp For vital Breath! 1800 S. T. Coleridge Own Times II. 395 Formerly agasp for reform, he now raves against all reformation. 1922 E. Bancroft Jane Allen: Senior ix. 104 ‘But I cannot get over your father being Henry Allen,’ said Miss Webster. She was agasp with surprise. 1994 Francofile Mag. Autumn 59/1 The audience watches agasp as the two lions meet in ferocious battle,..knowing that only one will survive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1723 |
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