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解释

GRE 红宝书

WANTON WITCH by Judson Grey

• adj.顽皮的; 放纵的
• ［英］ adj.顽皮的 ( mischievous) ; 放纵的 ( being without check or limitation)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: want ( 想要) +on ( 在...上面)
• ［例］ wanton imagination ( 漫无边际的想象)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from wan- deficient, wrong, mis- (from Old English, from wan deficient) + towen, past participle of teen to draw, train, discipline, from Old English tēon — more at tow
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. archaic hard to control ; undisciplined, unruly
  • b. playfully mean or cruel ; mischievous
• 2.
  • a. lewd, bawdy
  • b. causing sexual excitement ; lustful, sensual
• 3.
  • a. merciless, inhumane <wanton cruelty>
  • b. having no just foundation or provocation ; malicious <a wanton attack>
• 4. being without check or limitation: as
  • a. luxuriantly rank <wanton vegetation>
  • b. unduly lavish ; extravagant <wanton imagination>
• ? wantonly adverb
• ? wantonness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1509
• 1.
  • a. one given to self-indulgent flirtation or trifling — used especially in the phrase play the wanton
  • b. a lewd or lascivious person
• 2. a pampered person or animal ; pet; especially a spoiled child
• 3. a frolicsome child or animal

III. verb

• Date: 1582
• intransitive verb
  • to be wanton or act wantonly
• transitive verb
  • to pass or waste wantonly or in wantonness
• ? wantoner noun

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