英语释义

1. intellectually alert having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind
a keen student a keen awareness of the problem also shrewdly astute
a keen assessment

2. extremely sensitive in perception
keen eyes a keen sense of smell

3. sharply contested
keen competition keen debate

4. showing a quick and ardent responsiveness enthusiastic
a keen swimmer

5. eager
was keen to begin

6. intense
the keen delight in the chase
— F. W. Maitland

7. wonderful, excellent
a keen idea

8. having a fine edge or point sharp
a knife with a keen blade

9. affecting one as if by cutting
keen sarcasm

10. pungent to the sense
a keen scent

11. very enthusiastic or excited about
wasn't keen on going

12. to make a loud and long cry of sorrow to lament with a keen

13. to make a sound suggestive of a loud cry of sorrow
a keening siren

14. to lament, mourn, or complain loudly

15. to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry
keened our sorrow
— Punch

16. a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry

17. having or showing an ability to think clearly and to understand what is not obvious or simple about something

18. very strong and sensitive highly developed

19. very excited about and interested in something

20. to make a loud and long cry of sorrow

21. having a fine edge or point sharp
a keen knife

22. having or showing mental sharpness
a keen observation

23. very sensitive (as in seeing, smelling, or hearing)
keen eyesight

24. full of enthusiasm eager
… everybody was very keen to hear details of what had happened …
— J. K. Rowling, Goblet of Fire

25. seeming to cut or sting
a keen wind

片语

Boyu Keening宝玉哭灵

keen on喜爱；热衷于…

The Keening Dithers唱片名

keening over her murdered son恸哭她那被谋害的儿子

keen competition剧烈竞争

Keening Spirit哀恸灵魂

Keening Stone恸哭石

keening haze detail痛苦迷雾

Keening Woman哭丧女

keen interest强烈的兴趣

Keening Banshee哭号女妖

英汉例句

• When the winds blew through the holes, the rocks emitted an eerie keening sound, like a dirge of lost souls.

  每当海风吹过这些洞孔，巖石就发出一种可怕而强烈的声音，就象是为遭了难的灵魂唱挽歌。

• He heard his employees keening and wailing over lost data.

  他听到雇员们因为数据丢失呛天呼地。

• Fodder security? The green produce is the key keening the chicken trade.

  绿色、安全、高效是养鸡业持续发展的关键。

• Sounds of breathing, of keening - that traditional lament for the dead in the west of Ireland - and sounds from the wider world, where similar famines continue to occur, complete the piece.

  呼吸声，哀号声爱尔兰西部地区传统的哀悼；还有来自荒野的声音，那里相似的饑荒继续肆虐。

• It was a thin, keening wail, but it was the cry of a living baby.

  这是很细小的哭叫声，但它是出自这个活着的小婴儿。

• Feel the rush of the wind against your skin and hear her keening cry in your ears.

  用你的肌肤感受风的沖撞，用你的耳朵倾听她的高歌，仔细聆听她的呼唤吧！

相似词

acute严重的，[医] 急性的；敏锐的；激烈的；尖声的

delicate微妙的；精美的，雅致的；柔和的；易碎的；纤弱的；清淡可口的

fine(Fine)人名；(意)菲内；(英)法恩

perceptive洞察力强的；思维敏捷的；有感知能力的

quickad 迅速地；敏捷地

sensitive敏感的人；有灵异能力的人

sharpad 急剧地；锐利地；突然地

相反词

crow打鸣；自鸣得意；欢呼

delight高兴

rejoice使高兴