eager

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈiːɡə/    美 /ˈiɡɚ/|/ˈɪɡɚ/|/ˈɪɡə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of eagre (“tidal bor”). alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To be or become eager. intransitive
    — Now everybody considered it a high privilege (valued it at a high consideration) to see him and to hear him speak, and to obey his command (him commanding), whereas he, though being such a person, eagered to be unknown, and to escape notice in solitude.
  2. To express eagerness. intransitive
    — His hair crinkled towards her fondly. "Yes," he eagered.
  3. To make or encourage to be eager transitive
    — Physicians also admit to eagering patients to turn to specialised web sites in order to read further.
形容词 adj.
  1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
    — Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
  2. Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
    — an eager algorithm
  3. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. dated
    — gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself
  4. Sharp; sour; acid. obsolete
    — like eager droppings into milk
  5. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. figuratively,obsolete
    — If so thou thinkest, vex him with eager words.

词形变化

more eager comparative eagerer comparative most eager superlative eagerest superlative aigre alternative,obsolete eagre alternative,obsolete eagers present,singular,third-person eagering participle,present eagered participle,past eagered past aigre alternative,obsolete eagre alternative,obsolete eagers plural

词汇关系

近义词
keen solicitous raring alacritous athirst fain
反义词
averse disinclined reluctant unwilling
衍生词
beeregar eager beaver eager load eagerly eagerness eagersome overeager uneager

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós
Proto-Italic *akris
Classical Latin ācer
Late Latin ācrus
Old French aigrebor.
Middle English egre
English eager
Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
词源 2
See eagre.
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