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A lusty person or sound is strong, healthy, and full of life. You might hear it of a loud baby’s cry, a hearty , or an old man who still climbs the with energy.
A lusty person or soundlusty的人或聲音 is strong, healthy, and full of life是強壯、健康、充滿活力的。You might hear it of a loud baby's cry你可能會聽到有人這樣形容嬰兒宏亮的哭聲、a hearty eater食量很好的人、or an old man who still climbs the stairs with energy或是還能有力氣爬樓梯的老人家。
It is a slightly old-fashioned, warm word — more at home in stories than in a doctor’s notes.
It is a slightly old-fashioned, warm word這是個有點老派、帶著溫暖感的字——more at home in stories than in a doctor's notes比較常出現在故事裡,而不是醫生的紀錄上。
People also stretch it toward sexual energy (a lusty lover), because later English pulled lust toward desire; but the sense a meets first is , not “full of lust.” In Middle English lusty meant pleasant and delightful, when lust was still close to pleasure and zest.
People also stretch it toward sexual energy有人也會把它引申到性方面的活力 (a lusty lover)(像a lusty lover),because later English pulled lust toward desire因為後來英文把lust這個字拉向了慾望的意思;but the sense a learner meets first is vigour, not "full of lust."但學習者最先接觸到的意思是「精力旺盛」,不是「充滿慾望」。In Middle English lusty meant pleasant and delightful在中古英文裡lusty的意思是令人愉快、討人喜歡,when lust was still close to pleasure and zest那時候lust這個字還很接近「樂趣、熱情」。
Sister words in Dutch and German still mean cheerful or funny, which shows how far the English meaning has travelled.
Sister words in Dutch and German still mean cheerful or funny荷蘭文和德文裡的同源字現在還是「開朗」或「有趣」的意思,which shows how far the English meaning has travelled這顯示英文這個字的意思已經走了多遠。
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lustyadj/ˈlʌsti/
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Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
- How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?
- I ſaw him [Ferdinand] beare the ſurges vnder him, / And ride vpon their backes ; he trod the water / Whoſe enmity he flung aſide : and breſted / The ſurge moſt ſwolne that met him : his bold head / 'Bove the contentious waues he kept, and oared / Himſelfe with his good armes in luſty ſtroke / To th'ſhore ; that ore his waue-worne baſis bowed / As ſtooping to releeue him[…]
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Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
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obsoleteinformalGiven to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.
- Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew
- Looking for some hot, hard and hunky fun or a lusty lost weekend at the beach?
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obsoleteBeautiful; handsome; pleasant.
- So louedſt thou the luſty Hyacinct, So louedſt thou the faire Coronis deare: […]
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obsoleteOf large size; big.
- And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks: […]
- I thought to have embarked in the evening, but, for fear of pirates plying near the coast, I durst not trust our small vessel, and stayed till Monday following, when two or three lusty vessels were to depart.
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obsoleterareOf large size; big.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。