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单词 pine
释义 pine
I. \ˈpīn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from (assumed) Old English pīn punishment, torment, from Latin poena — more at pain
1. archaic : mental suffering : anguish, grief, sorrow
2. obsolete : privation, want, famine
3. also pine disease : a dietary deficiency disease of sheep or cattle marked by anemia, malnutrition, and general debility; specifically : such a disease due to cobalt deficiency
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pinen, from Old English pīnian, from (assumed) Old English pīn punishment, torment
transitive verb
1.
 a. obsolete : to inflict pain upon : torment, torture
 b. chiefly dialect : to waste, wear out, consume, or exhaust by suffering or in grieving
  < pined his flesh — Edmund Spenser >
 c. archaic : to grieve or mourn for
2. : to shrink or dry (fish) especially in curing
intransitive verb
1. : to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief, anxiety, or hunger) : become wasted (as through sorrow) : languish, fade
 < so she pined, and so she died forlorn — John Keats >
— often used with away
 < sickens immediately, pines away, and is soon dead — Bill Beatty >
2. : to languish with desire : yearn intensely — used with for
 < pined for his native hills >
3. archaic : repine, lament
Synonyms: see long
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; akin to Greek pitys pine, Sanskrit pitu drink, food — more at pip
1. : a tree of the genus Pinus
2.
 a. : the straight-grained white or yellow usually very durable often highly resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pines to hardness in the longleaf pine and related forms — compare fir
 b. Midland & South : kindling wood
3.
 a. : any of numerous coniferous trees of Australia: as
  (1) : a tree of the genus Callitris : cypress pine
  (2) : a tree of various other genera (as Agathis, Podocarpus, Araucaria, Cupressus, and Dacrydium)
 b. : the wood of an Australian pine
4.
 a. : paraná pine
 b. : the wood of the Paraná pine
5. : pineapple
IV. adjective
1. : of or relating to the pine — often used in combination
 < pine-clad hills >
2. : made of pine wood
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