pine
US: /ˈpaɪn/
UK: /pˈaɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
pine /pain/- danh từ
- (thực vật học) cây thông
- gỗ thông
- (như) pineapple
- nội động từ
- tiều tuỵ, héo hon, ốm mòn, gầy mòn (vì đau ốm, buồn bã...) ((cũng) to pine away)
- (+ for, after) mong muốn thiết tha, ao ước thiết tha; mòn mỏi mong chờ, mong mỏi, héo hon
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C, U] (also pine tree) a tall forest tree with leaves like needles. Pine trees are EVERGREEN and grow in cool northern countries: pine forests + pine needles + a Scots pine
2 (also pinewood) [U] the pale soft wood of the pine tree, used in making furniture, etc: a pine table
+ verb [V] to become very sad because sb has died or gone away: She pined for months after he'd gone.
Phrasal Verbs: pine away to become very sick and weak because you miss sb/sth very much: After his wife died, he just pined away.
pine for sb/sth to want or miss sb/sth very much: She was pining for the mountains of her native country.
Concise dictionary
pines|pined|piningpaɪnnoun
+a coniferous tree
+straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
verb
+have a desire for something or someone who is not present
