单词 | cherish |
释义 | cher·ish 1. a. < he admired them … cherished and protected them like pets — Edmund Wilson > b. < a birthright of freedom to be cherished and fought for > < to cherish an illusion > < to love and to cherish, till death us do part — Book of Com. Prayer > c. < sought to cherish whatever of these forms could be made to work — John Buchan > < cherish the seeds of love > d. archaic 2. obsolete 3. archaic 4. a. < Socrates would have men cherish preciously this fraction of knowledge — Irving Babbitt > b. < she only cherishes her illness as an instrument of power — Scott Fitzgerald > c. < a large school of thought cherishes a curious animus against what it calls intellectualism — W.R.Inge > < few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency — Jane Austen > Synonyms: see appreciate, nurse |
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