| 单词 | agog |
| 释义 | agog (once / 9618 pages) adj The word agog means with great excitement and interest. When you’re falling over yourself with excitement and curiosity to see who’s coming up the red carpet next, you’re agog about celebrities. At Christmas time, you are probably agog to see what's in all the beautiful presents. An easy way to remember what agog means is to think of it as goggle-eyed, which it sounds a bit like. When you’re agog, you’re goggle-eyed with excitement about something, whatever that happens to be. In truth, the word has nothing to do with goggle-eyes, but instead relates to the Middle French word en gogues which means "full of mirth, good humor, and joyfulness." WORD FAMILYagog USAGE EXAMPLES“But I’m agog at how little he cares about storytelling conventions, like suspense and reveals. He’s ultimately more experimental than I am.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Aboard Clinton’s campaign plane, meanwhile, the candidate and her aides would catch up on news and become agog by what they read about Trump’s performances. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) The array of shapes and sizes leaves one agog. Time(Nov 21, 2016) 1adj highly excited Syn excited in an aroused state 2adj having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy Syn|Ant eager anxious, dying eagerly desirous hothaving or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm impatient, raring(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness overeagerexcessively eager enthusiastichaving or showing great excitement and interest uneager lacking interest or spirit or animation reluctantnot eager |
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