keen
adj (-er, -est)
1 ~ (to do sth/that...) eager; enthusiastic 熱切的; 熱情的; 熱心的
a keen swimmer 喜好游泳的人
I'm not keen to go again. 我不太想再去了.
She's keen that we should go. 她熱情地叫我們去.
2 (of feelings, etc) intense; strong; deep (指感情等)熱烈的, 強烈的, 深刻的
a keen desire, interest, sense of loss 強烈的愿望、 興趣、 失落感.
3 (of the senses) highly developed (指感覺)靈敏的, 敏銳的
Dogs have a keen sense of smell. 狗的嗅覺很靈敏.
4 (of the mind) quick to understand (指頭腦)敏捷的, 精明的
a keen wit, intelligence 敏捷的頭腦、 很強的理解力.
5 [esp attrib 尤作定語]
(of the points and cutting edges of knives, etc) sharp (指刀等的尖和刃)鋒利的, 快的
a keen blade, edge 鋒利的刀片、 刀刃.
6 (of a wind) bitterly cold (指風)刺骨的, 凜冽的.
7 (Brit) (of prices) low; very competitive (指價格)低廉的, 競爭力強的.
8 (idm 習語) (as) ,keen as `mustard (infml 口) extremely eager or enthusiastic 極熱心的; 極熱情的. keen on sth/sb (infml 口)
(a) interested in sth 熱衷於某事物
keen on (playing) tennis 很喜歡(打)網球.
(b) fond of sb/sth 喜愛某人[某事物]
He seemed mad keen on (ie very interested in) my sister. 他發瘋似的愛著我妹妹.
I'm not too keen on jazz. 我不太喜歡爵士樂.
(c) enthusiastic about sth 對某事物滿腔熱情的
She's not very keen on the idea. 她對那主張不很感興趣.
Mrs Hill is keen on Tom's marrying Susan. 希爾太太很希望湯姆能和蘇珊結婚.
keen v [I]
(usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於進行時態) lament a dead person by wailing 為死者慟哭、 哀號
keening over her murdered son 慟哭她那被謀害的兒子. keen, n Irish funeral song accompanied by wailing 愛爾蘭哀歌(邊哭邊唱).