English Dictionary

eager

/ˈiɡɚ/

adj

Desirous; keen to do or obtain something. / (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

She was eager to start her new job.

意味（1）

Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.

意味（2）

(computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

an eager algorithm

意味（3）

(dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself

意味（4）

(obsolete, literally) Sharp; sour; acid.

like eager droppings into milk

意味（5）

(obsolete, figuratively) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

If so thou thinkest, vex him with eager words.