| 单词 |
insatiate |
| 释义 |
insatiate, a.|ɪnˈseɪʃɪət|
Also 6 insaciate, -cyate, 7 -tiat.
[ad. L. insatiātus (Statius), f. in- (in-3) + satiātus, pa. pple. of satiāre to satiate.]
That is not satiated or satisfied; never satisfied, insatiable. Const. of, † for.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. viii. (Percy Soc.) 30 Wyth brennynge love of insaciate fyre Newe thynges to fynde they set theyr desyre. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) H vj, The insaciate couetous men are neuer contente. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle v. 1708 The wantonnesse Of their insatiat appetite..breeds Offensive humors. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 8 Satan..insatiate to pursue Vain Warr with Heav'n. 1704Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 406 Being insatiate for knowledge, he travell'd all over Greece. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. (1869) II. 196 Avarice is an insatiate and universal passion. 1848Buckley Homer's Iliad 246 The Trojans are insatiate of battle. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 29 Those who, through their own insatiate desires, are never satisfied.
fig.1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. iii, Even like insatiate hell, still crying, More.
Hence inˈsatiateness (Bailey vol. II, 1727). |
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