| 单词 | keen |
| 释义 | keen I. 1. a. < a keen blade > < a keen sword > b. < keen sarcasm > < a keen sense of guilt > c. (1) < a keen wind > < keen, cold winters — Edith Hamilton > : stinging < a keen slap > : shrill < a high keen sound > (2) < a keen scent > 2. a. < a keen swimmer > < fiery and dominant natures, eager to conquer, keen to impress — A.C.Benson > < keen to go on a picnic > < both of them were keen on skiing > < very keen about the girl > also < the features lean and keen from restless intellectual energy — J.A.Froude > b. of emotion or feeling < a keen desire to be in the forefront of activity > < the keen delight in the chase — F.W.Maitland > < a keen personal interest in the boy > < the keen dread of the gods — M.R.Cohen > 3. a. < a keen mind > < keen in their bargain — H.E.Scudder > : intellectually sharp or incisive < a keen wit > < keen questions > : astute < keen businessmen — Gilbert Highet > also < keen competition > < debate was not as keen as it might have been — Winston Churchill > b. < a keen eyesight > < a keen sense of smell > c. < keen refinements of logic > 4. of ice in curling 5. Britain, of a price < outfits for all ranks and services at very keen prices — Nautical Magazine > 6. slang Synonyms: see eager, sharp II. < businessmen keen set on practical affairs — J.W.Beach > III. < the cutting edge of the knife is first keened up — J.V.A.Long > < keen the razor — Christopher Morley > IV. intransitive verb 1. a. < keened like a squaw bereft — Minnie H. Moody > b. < the soft keening of the screech owls — A.W.Derleth > < the night was rent by keening sirens — Time > < the keening in the aerials rose to a witches' chorus — T.H.Raddall > < violins keened in the shadows — Albert Hubbell > 2. transitive verb < keened our sorrow — Punch > V. 1. a. b. 2. |
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