KEEN

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keen¹ adjectiv

1. ascuţit, tăios;

keen edge margine tăioasă / ascuţită;

keen point vârf ascuţit;

(as) keen as a razor tăios ca briciul.

2. ager, pătrunzător, subtil, fin;

to have a keen ear a avea auzul fin;

to have a keen eye a avea ochi ageri, a avea o privire ageră;

to have a keen mind a avea o minte ageră / pătrunzătoare;

he is a keen judge of men judecă oamenii cu pătrundere.

3. (despre un sunet, o voce) ascuţit.

4. (despre frig) aprig, pătrunzător.

5. (despre vânt) aspru, tăios.

6. intens, acut, puternic, viu;

keen pleasure plăcere intensă;

keen pain durere acută, vie.

7. (despre o dorintă) arzător, intens.

8. pasionat, entuziast, asiduu, zelos, viu;

(fam.) to be (dead) keen on smth. a fi pasionat de/după, a fi mort după, a se da în vânt după;

he is a keen golfer e pasionat după golf;

he is a keen attender of e un asiduu frecventator al;

to be keen on truth a avea pasiunea adevărului, a fi însetat de adevăr;

he is (as) keen as mustard e plin de zel, e foarte zelos;

to have a keen interest in a arăta un interes viu pentru;

to be keen on money-making a umbla cu tot dinadinsul după bani.

9. muşcător, acerb;

keen satire satiră muşcătoare.

◊ (com.) keen prices preţurile cele mai scăzute.

keen² (irl.) I. substantiv

plânset, bocet.

keen² (irl.) II. verb intranzitiv

a boci, a jeli.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And then it is such a bitter night—the keenest wind you ever felt.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Nevertheless Martin could not fail to appreciate the keen play of their minds.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Holmes walked slowly round and examined each and all of them with the keenest interest.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Turning to her again, he said with keen expectation:—But go on. Go on! there is more to tell if you will. Be not afraid; John and I know.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Why so keen, then, to be soldiers?

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And now I was left with a difficult point to settle, for it was hard for me to say whether it was better that I should do that which I had come for, or whether, by holding this man’s guilty secret, I might not have in my hand a keener and more deadly weapon than my master’s hunting-knife.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Very good humoured, unaffected girls, indeed, said Mrs Croft, in a tone of calmer praise, such as made Anne suspect that her keener powers might not consider either of them as quite worthy of her brother; and a very respectable family.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

There was a good deal of tidying up to do inside his study and he set himself to do it until his keen, handsome face was flushed with the heat of the burning papers.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Such was the remarkable narrative to which I listened on that April evening—a narrative which would have been utterly incredible to me had it not been confirmed by the actual sight of the tall, spare figure and the keen, eager face, which I had never thought to see again.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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