wist·ful /ˈwɪstfəl/
(a.)渴望的,想望的
Wist·ful a.
1. Longing; wishful; desirous.
Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea. --Swift.
2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.
That he who there at such an hour hath been,
Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. --Byron.
-- Wist*ful*ly, adv. -- Wist*ful*ness, n.
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wistful
adj 1: full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little
ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds" [syn:
yearning]
2: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response
of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" [syn: pensive]