亚洲网紅露点

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eager

[ ee-ger ]

adjective

  1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing:

    I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.

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  2. characterized by or revealing great earnestness:

    an eager look.

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  3. Obsolete. keen; sharp; biting.


eager

1

/ 藞颈藧伞蓹 /

adjective

  1. postpositive; often foll by to or for impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for)

    he was eager to see her departure

  2. characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire

    an eager look

  3. archaic.
    tart or biting; sharp
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

eager

2

/ 藞别瑟伞蓹 /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of eagre
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞别补驳别谤濒测, adverb
  • 藞别补驳别谤苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别补路驳别谤路濒测 adverb
  • 别补路驳别谤路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of eager1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English egre, from Anglo-French, Old French egre, aigre, from Vulgar Latin (unattested) 腻肠谤耻蝉 for Latin 腻肠别谤 鈥渟丑补谤辫鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of eager1

C13: from Old French egre, from Latin acer sharp, keen
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Mina is surprised that Sade isn鈥檛 more eager to exploit her weekend out of jail, but Sade relishes the freedom to just be.

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The football world is eager to find out.

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鈥淭he players are eager to get this franchise back where it belongs, and so there鈥檚 a definite commitment,鈥 Roberts said.

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For the time being, I鈥檓 eager to see whether Oliver has something to say about all this, regardless of whether he sets his take to harmonies and a kick line.

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