yearning

Pronunciation: ['jә:niŋ]

Average Rank: 15894

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 渴望, 热望, 怀念 a. 热望的, 渴望的, 怀念的, 向往的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  • v desire strongly or persistently
  • v have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  • v have affection for; feel tenderness for
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: UNKNOWN
Word Forms:
0: yearn
1: i
Present Participle: yearning
Plural: yearnings

Word Frequency Rankings

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#7683

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 23.2% (Top 23.2% most frequent)
23.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

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