单词 | passionate |
释义 | pas·sion·ate I. 1. a. < a passionate but not a vicious boy — H.E.Scudder > b. < was passionate in defense of her cub, and rage transformed her — G.D.Brown > 2. a. < a passionate and stormy personality > < a passionate and unquestioned faith in the virtue of the cause he served — C.L.Becker > b. < a passionate speech > < a passionate performance of the symphony > < a passionate bit of acting > c. < the army was now passionate for an engagement — J.A.Froude > < has become a passionate housekeeper — Joseph Mitchell > d. < broke down in a flood of passionate weeping — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > 3. < her beauty made an immediate appeal to his passionate temperament > 4. a. obsolete b. chiefly dialect Synonyms: see impassioned II. 1. obsolete 2. obsolete |
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