pine /paɪn/ star2 CET4 TEM4 (pining,pined,pines)

• 1.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） A pine tree or a pine is a tall tree that has very thin, sharp leaves called needles and a fresh smell. Pine trees have leaves all year round. 松树

  例：

  ...high mountains covered in pine trees.

  …长满松树的高山。

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Pine is the wood of this tree. 松木

  例：

  ...a big pine table.

  …一张大松木桌子。

• 3.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If you pine for someone who has died or gone away, you want them to be with you very much and feel sad because they are not there. 苦苦思念

  例：

  She'd be sitting at home pining for her lost husband.

  她会一直坐在家里苦苦思念着她死去的丈夫。

• 4.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If you pine for something, you want it very much, especially when it is unlikely that you will be able to have it. 渴望 (尤指不可能得到的东西)

  例：

  I pine for the countryside.

  我渴望乡下的生活。