keen
adjective
uk/kiːn/us/kiːn/keenadjective(EAGER)
B1
veryinterested,eager, orwanting(to do) something very much:
热衷的;热心的;渴望的They were very keentostartworkassoonaspossible.他们渴望尽早开始工作。
Joanwantedto go to amoviebut I wasn't keen(= I didn'twantto go).琼想去看电影,可我不想去。
She's a keentennisplayer.她热衷于打网球。
She'skeen on(playing)tennis.她很喜欢打网球。
UKMy son'smadkeen oncycling.我儿子对骑自行车很着迷。
He'sratherkeenonagirlin hisschool(= he is veryattractedto her).他迷上了学校里的一个女孩子。
- Prince Charles is a keenpoloplayer.
- They've been keenwalkerseversince theyreadabout thebenefitsofexercise.
- Doctors areshortoftimetolistenand arethereforekeen todishoutdrugswheneverthey can.
- "What did hethinkofyoursuggestion?" "I don'tthinkhe was too keen."
- With anelectionapproaching, theprimeministeris keen tomaintainhispopularity.
Ready and willing
- agreeable
- amenable
- atsomeone'sbeck and callidiom
- atyourcommandidiom
- be chafing at the bitidiom
- beck
- command
- eager
- eagerly
- fain
- find it inyourheart to dosomethingidiom
- finger
- gamely
- poised
- prepared
- raring
- readily
- readiness
- ripe
- shape
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
keenadjective(STRONG)
extremeor verystrong:
强烈的,激烈的Manypeopleare taking a keeninterest(= a verygreatinterest)in theresultof thevote.许多人对投票结果表现出浓厚的兴趣。
C1
very good or welldeveloped:
敏锐的;敏捷的a keensenseofsmell灵敏的嗅觉
literary
A keenwindisstrongandcold:
a keennorthwind寒冷刺骨的北风
Having a powerful effect
- blazing
- compelling
- devastating
- devastatingly
- elementally
- embedded
- impactful
- intense
- life-altering
- life-changing
- piercingly
- powerful
- powerfully
- scalding
- unconquerable
- unfailing
- unfailingly
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- vivid
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Extremely good
Wind & winds
keenadjective(SHARP)
literary
verysharp:
尖利的;寒风刺骨的a keenknife/blade
Sharp and blunt
- angularity
- blunt
- hone
- jag
- jaggy
- point
- pointed
- prickly
- razor-sharp
- sharp
- sharpen
- sharply
- sharpness
- spike
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- super-sharp
- ultra-sharp
Idiom
(as) keen as mustard
keen
verb[I]
literaryuk/kiːn/us/kiːn/to make aloud,long,sadsound,especiallybecause someone hasdied
(尤指因某人死去而)恸哭Synonym
lament
Sounds made by humans with their mouths
- catcall
- caterwauling
- crow
- crunch
- embouchure
- glug
- groan
- growl
- hiss
- laugh, shout, scream, etc.yourhead offidiom
- mewl
- raspberry
- splutter
- squall
- vocalization
- whistle
- whoop
- wolf whistle
- yelp
- yowl
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Remembering people who have died