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单词 fawning
释义
fawnfawn3 verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfawn3
Origin:
Old English fagnian ‘to show great happiness’, from fægen; FAIN
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
fawn
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyfawn
he, she, itfawns
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyfawned
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave fawned
he, she, ithas fawned
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad fawned
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill fawn
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have fawned
Continuous Form
PresentIam fawning
he, she, itis fawning
you, we, theyare fawning
PastI, he, she, itwas fawning
you, we, theywere fawning
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been fawning
he, she, ithas been fawning
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been fawning
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be fawning
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been fawning
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Everyone crowded round, fawning at him and readily taking up his offer of free drinks.
  • The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.
  • The Salomon salesmen fawn over the thrift men.
to praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you somethingfawn on/over I refused to fawn over her or flatter her.fawning adjective
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