English Dictionary

yearn

IPA（発音記号）

/jɜːn/

動詞

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(intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

日本語の意味

切望する / 憧れる / 熱望する / 心から望む

After years in the noisy city, I yearn for the quiet rhythm of the seaside.

何年も騒がしい都会にいた後、私は海辺の静かなリズムを切望している。

意味（1）

(intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

意味（2）

(specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.

If I don’t go now, thought Charlotte, I shall have lost a chance which I shall eternally regret and yearn after.

意味（3）

(intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.

The music, yearning like a God in pain, / She scarcely heard: […]

意味（4）

(intransitive, dated) To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.

And Joſeph made haſte: for his bowels did yerne upon his brother: and he ſought where to weepe, and hee entred into his chamber, & wept there.

意味（5）

(intransitive, obsolete) To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.

My father’s and my uncle Toby’s hearts yearn’d with ſympathy for the poor fellow’s diſtreſs,—[…]

意味（6）

(transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.

意味（7）

(transitive, archaic or poetic) To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).

意味（8）

(transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).

Well, ſhe laments Sir for it, that it would yern your heart to see it: […]

yearns （ present singular third-person ）

yearning （ participle present ）

yearned （ participle past ）

yearned （ past ）

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en-conj-simple （ inflection-template ）

yearn （ infinitive ）