keen
keen
englanti
kiinnostunut; halukas, innokas; kova, kiihkeä
terävä; (tuulesta) pureva
Esimerkkejä keen sanan käytöstä:
They wanted to go out but I wasnt 'keen'.
If he is 'keen', hell make an offer.
Everybody was 'keen' to start work as soon as possible.
a 'keen' golf player
He is very 'keen' on playing golf.
That boy seems to be very 'keen' on you, dear.
to take a 'keen' interest in
Dogs have a 'keen' sense of smell.
'keen' eyesight
a 'keen' blade
a 'keen' northeasterly wind
Liittyvät sanat: unkeen
Synonyymisanakirja: keen
keen
terävä, hyvä, kelpo, melkoinen, reilu, erinomainen, loistava, ensiluokkainen, hieno, upea, mahtava, kova, siisti, aika hyvä, ei hassumpi, kiva, ihana, ihan hyvä, mainio, puhekielen ilmaus, arkikielen ilmaus.
Riimisanakirja: keen
keen rimmaa näiden kanssa:
jälkeen, peräjälkeen, keskeen, puolimäkeen...
Käännökset: keen
keen suomeksi
kova, itkuvirsi, terävä, tarkka
keen englanniksi
showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.
vehement; fierce
This boy has a keen appetite.
(rfdat), w:Piers Plowman|Piers Plowman
(rfdat), Shakespeare
sharp; having a fine edge or point.
(rfdat) w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, s:The Tragedy of Macbeth/Act ISCENE V. Inverness. Macbeth's castle.|The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5:
acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness.
(rfdat), w:Shakespeare Shakespeare
(rfdat), w:Cowper Cowper
bitter; piercing; acrimonious;
keen satire or sarcasm
(rfdat) w:Shakespeare Shakespeare
piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc.
a keen wind
the cold is very keen
(rfdat), w:Goldsmith Goldsmith
puhekieltä enthusiastic.
Im keen to learn another language.''
Im keen on learning another language.''
Im keen on languages.''
Im keen about learning languages.''
Im keen for help.''
"Do you want to learn another language?" / "Im keen."
puhekieltä marvelous.
I just got this peachy keen new dress.
1985, Douglas Adams, The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts (page 82)
puhekieltä extremely low as to be competitive.
keen prices
puhekieltä brave, courageous; bold, audacious.
puhekieltä To sharpen; to make cold.
(rfdat), Thomson.
A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
(quote-book) she went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her up; and the car twisted softly around the little drive and away to the London road. Minutes later he heard its Klaxon, just one sharp keen, like the harsh cry of a sea-bird.
puhekieltä To utter a keen.
(rfdat) Stuart Howard-Jones (1904-1974), Hibernia. Collected in The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse, 1978.
puhekieltä To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
(quote-book)
puhekieltä To mourn.
no, not any, not a
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