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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Gurr speaks with a mix of humor, directness and curiousity, eager to share stories but also not someone who overly romanticizes them.

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McFarland referenced the planning challenges on Wednesday and claimed Fyre has since received interest from 鈥渟everal Caribbean destinations eager to host.鈥

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The obituary continued: 鈥淪he was an eager adventurer and picked up the customs and even languages of any place she visited. She made friends easily at her schools and saw the good in everyone.鈥

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Anderson hadn鈥檛 danced in a studio setting since elementary school and was eager to find her rhythm.

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That question is part of what makes them apt faces for this totalitarian support structure 鈥 a white-collar power couple eager to secure promotions at a company that鈥檚 really going places.

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