资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved}
(kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to
Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
implore.
I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to
require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
资料来源 : WordNet®
craved
adj : wanted intensely; "the child could no longer resist taking
one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the desired
effect" [syn: {desired}]