yearn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

yearn [yearn yearns yearned yearning] BrE [jɜːn] NAmE [jɜːrn] verb intransitive (literary)
to want sth very much, especially when it is very difficult to get
Syn: ↑long
•~ (for sth/sb) The people yearned for peace.
•There was a yearning look in his eyes.
•~ to do sth She yearned to escape from her office job.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English giernan, from a Germanic base meaning ‘eager’.

Example Bank:
•I've always yearned to go stock car racing.
•She yearned for children of her own.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ache, yen, pine, languish, hanker, long