Pine



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• n. 松树; v. ( 因疾病等) 憔悴; 渴望
• ［英］ v. ( 因疾病等) 憔悴 ( to lose vigor; anguish) 渴望 ( desire)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys ~
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the ~ family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
• 2. the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a ~ varying from extreme softness in the white ~ to hardness in the longleaf ~
• 3. any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria)
• 4. ~apple
• 5. bench 1c
• ? ~y also piny adjective

II. intransitive verb (~d; pining)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīnian to suffer, from *pīn punishment, from Latin poena — more at pain
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) ; languish
• 2. to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable zuoxiethey still ~d for their lost wealthyouxie
• Synonyms: see long

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