pining：指因思念、渴望而苦苦惦念（常带有忧伤、无奈的感情）；也可指因长期忧愁/想念而日渐消瘦、衰弱。（来自动词 to pine）
/ˈpaɪnɪŋ/
I’ve been pining for my hometown food.
我一直很想念家乡的食物。
She was pining for him so intensely that she could hardly focus on her work, and her friends noticed she looked thinner.
她对他思念得很厉害，几乎无法专心工作，朋友们也发现她看起来更消瘦了。
pining 来自动词 pine，其更早的含义与“逐渐消耗、衰弱”有关，后来在文学与日常用法中常用来描写因相思、渴望带来的精神折磨，甚至“想得人都瘦了”的状态。
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