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单词 wistful
释义 wist·ful
\ˈwistfəl\ adjective
Etymology: wistly + -ful; in senses 2 & 3 influenced in meaning by wish (II)
1. obsolete : intent
2.
 a. : full of timorous longing or unfulfilled desire : melancholy, yearning
  < those wistful little ads which the lovelorn … place in the classified columns — E.B.White >
  < the wistful gaze of the explorer has turned upward to the clouds — Waldemar Kaempffert >
 b. : inspiring wistfulness : reminiscently evocative
  < the wistful fragility of all new feeling — Marcia Davenport >
  < deserted buildings above which wistful flags fly bravely — George Haines >
3. : musingly sad : pensive, mournful
 < the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phase of beauty — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
 < would fix her eyes on the distance in dreary contemplation, and her mind would follow her eyes, in a vacant and wistful regard — G.D.Brown >
wist·ful·ly \-fəlē, -li\ adverb
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