pine

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pine1 /paɪn/ noun

HBPTAF[countableC, uncountableU] (also pine tree) a tall tree with long hard sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter 松树

an ancient pine forest

一片古老的松树林

2 TIMHBA[uncountableU] the pale wood of pine trees, used to make furniture, floors etc 松木

a pine table

松木桌子

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pine• I feed him, then leave him silent and contented on the branch of a pine by the cabin.• I liked to linger in the shadow of a pine green corridor.• a grove of pines• The scent and hissing of pine needles make him believe he's in a hospital where nurses pass by him.• The graceful brass plated trimmings and finials are complemented here by the solid pine Osborne surround.• This block is dovetailed into the pine framing of the sides so it can be slipped off for disassembly.• We nodded, opened the door and ran outside under the pine trees, eager to wallow in our laughter.• Gourd artist Alice Hunter of Tavares will teach pine-needle weaving, demonstrating how to decorate rims of gourds with pine needles.• The scientists injected the fungus into young pine trees, which were then placed in pots.

pine2 verb [intransitiveI]

1 WEAKto become sad and not continue your life as normal because someone has died or gone away 〔因某人去世或离开而〕悲伤，难过

Six months after he left, she was still pining.

他离开六个月了，她还是很悲伤。

2.pine away phrasal verbphr v to become less active, weaker, and often ill, especially because you miss someone who has died or gone away 〔尤因思念去世或离开的人而〕萎靡不振，憔悴虚弱

Examples from the Corpus

pine away• The Vaudois pined away or escaped, and the Monregalesi were allowed to return home after a few years.

3 pine for somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

a) if you pine for a place or for something, you miss it a lot and wish you could be there or have it again 怀念〔某地或某事物〕

After two months in France I was pining for home.

在法国待了两个月后，我盼望着回家。

b) SAD/UNHAPPYif you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy because they are not with you 思念〔某人〕

Karen had been pining for her friends back home in Colorado.

卡伦一直都在思念家乡科罗拉多的朋友们。

Examples from the Corpus

pine for • Why then do I continue to pine for a drafty bedsitter in rain-soaked Islington?• The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home.• As the days passed, Diana pined for her Prince and yet he never telephoned.• And yet we go on pining for it, and can never stop.• I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window.• Yet how he must have pined for recognition from Placide.• Though Dad is awfully good at growing green things, the Little Sprouts pine for something sweeter.• But play it for an hour and you soon start pining for the subtlety and simulation of Evolution.

Examples from the Corpus

pine• The girls who pined and died for love would nowadays be thought anorexic.• For months Jennifer stayed at home, pining away for Jack.• She thinks I am pining away from love.• The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home.• I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window.• Yet how he must have pined for recognition from Placide.

Origin pine1

(1000-1100) Latin pinus

pine2

Old English pinian, from pin “punishment”, from Latin poena; → PAIN1

pine1 nounpine2 verb

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