English-Thai Dictionary
want
N ความยากจน indigence poverty scarcity abundance adequate plenty kwam-yak-jon
want
VT ต้องการ ปรารถนา ที่จะ ได้ อยากได้ desiderate desire require dislike hate loathe tong-kan
want
VT ต้องการ มี ความสัมพันธ์ ทางเพศ กับ tong-kan-me-kwam-sa-pan-tang-ped
want
VT รู้สึก ขาด (บางสิ่ง )ไป ขาด ไป ru-suek-kad
want
VT ล่า ตัว (ผู้ต้องสงสัย (ปกติ ใช้ รูป passive voice ต้องการ ตัว (ผู้ต้องสงสัย la-tua
want ad
N ข้อความ หรือ ประกาศ สั้นๆ รับ สมัครงาน /ขาย สินค้า ใน หนังสือพิมพ์ หรือ นิตยสาร (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ classified advertisement kor-kwam-rue-pra-kad-san-san
want back
PHRV อยากได้ คืน yak-dai-kuan
want for
PHRV จำเป็นต้อง ใช้ jam-pen-tong-chai
want for
PHRV ต้องการ ปรารถนา โหยหา tong-kan
want for
PHRV อยาก จับตัว มา ลงโทษ yak-jab-tua-ma-long-tod
want in
PHRV ขาดแคลน ขาด มี ไม่พอ kad-kan
want in
PHRV อยาก เข้ามา ต้องการ เข้ามา yak-kao-ma
want in
PHRV อยากให้ (บางคน มาถึง (เพื่อ ทำ บางสิ่ง yak-hai-ma-tung
want list
SL รายการ สิ่ง ที่ ต้องการ rai-kan-sing-ti-tang-kan
want off
PHRV อยาก ออกจาก รถ อยาก ลง จาก รถ yak-ook-jak-rod
want out
IDM อยาก เลิก (กิจการ ชีวิตคู่ ข้อ สัญญา ข้อบังคับ อยาก ตาย อยาก ยุติ yak-loek
want out
PHRV ต้องการ ออกจาก (อาคาร ตึก ฯลฯ อยาก ออก ไป จาก tong-kan-ook-jak
want up
PHRV อยาก ลุก จาก เตียงนอน yak-luk-jak-ting-non
wantage
N สิ่ง ที่ ปรารถนา สิ่ง ที่ ต้องการ จำนวน ที่ ต้องการ sing-ti-prad-ta-na
wanting
ADJ ที่ ขาดแคลน ที่ ไม่มี absent lacking ti-kad-kan
wanton
ADJ ซึ่ง ต้อง การทำลายล้าง sueng-tong-kan-tam-lai-lang
wanton
ADJ ซึ่ง มี ตัณ หา ราคะ lascivious libidinous licentious sueng-me-tan-ha-ra-ka
wanton
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่เชื่อฟัง ซึ่ง ดื้อ sueng-mai-chue-fang
wanton
N คนที่ มัวเมา ใน เรื่อง ทางเพศ คนที่ มัวเมา ใน ตัณ หา ราคะ kon-ti-mao-nua-nai-rueng-tang-ped
wantonly
ADV โดย มัวเมา ใน เรื่อง ทางเพศ โดย หมกมุ่น กับ กามตัณ หา อย่าง มัวเมา ใน ตัณ หา ราคะ lasciviously libidinously licentiously doi-mao-nua-nai-rueng-tang-ped
wantonness
N ความมัวเมา ใน เรื่อง ทางเพศ ความ หมกมุ่น กับ กามตัณ หา ความมัวเมา ใน ตัณ หา ราคะ lasciviousness libidinousness licentiousness kwam-mao-nua-nai-rueng-tang-ped
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WANT
n. 1. Deficiency; defect; the absence of that which is necessary or useful; as a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. The want of money is a common want. 2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Corinthians 9:12.
From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes.
2. Need; necessity; the effect of deficiency.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy.
3. Poverty; penury; indigence.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
4. The state of not having. I cannot write a letter at present for want of time.
5. That which is not possessed, but is desired or necessary for use or pleasure.
Habitual superfluities become actual wants.
6. A mole.
WANT
v.t.waunt. 1. To be destitute; to be deficient in; not to have; a word of general application; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing; to want money.
2. To be defective or deficient in. Timber may want strength or solidity to answer its purpose.
3. To fall short; not to contain or have. The sum want a dollar of the amount of debt.
Nor think, though men were none, that heaven would want spectators, God want praise.
4. To be without.
The unhappy never want enemies.
5. To need; to have occasion for, as useful, proper or requisite. Our manners want correction. In winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes. We all want more public spirit and more virtue.
6. To wish for; to desire. Every man wants a little pre-eminence over his neighbor. Many want that which they cannot obtain, and which if they could obtain, would certainly ruin them.
What wants my son?
WANT
v.i.waunt. 1. To be deficient; not to be sufficient.
As in bodies, thus in souls, we find what wants in blood and spirits, swelld with wind.
2. To fail; to be deficient; to be lacking.
No time shall find me wanting to my truth.
3. To be missed; not to be present. The jury was full, wanting one.
4. To fall short; to be lacking.
Twelve, wanting one, he slew.
WANTAGE
n.Deficiency; that which is wanting.
WANTED
pp. Needed; desired.
WANTING
ppr. 1. Needing; lacking; desiring.
2. a. Absent; deficient. One of the twelve is wanting. We have the means, but the application is wanting.
3. Slack; deficient. I shall not be wanting in exertion.
WANTLESS
a.Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
WANTON
a. 1. Wandering or roving in gaiety or sport; sportive; frolicsome; darting aside, or one way and the other. Wanton boys kill flies for sport.
Not a wild and wanton herd.
2. Moving or flying loosely; playing in the wind.
She her unadorned golden tresses wore disheveld, but in wanton ringlets wavd.
3. Wandering from moral rectitude; licentious; dissolute; indulging in sensuality without restraint; as men grown wanton by prosperity.
My plenteous joys, wanton in fullness--
4. More appropriately, deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous.
Thou art froward by nature, enemy to peace, lascivious wanton.
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton. James 5:5.
5. Disposed to unchastity; indicating wantonness. Isaiah 3:16.
6. Loose; unrestrained; running to excess.
How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!
7. Luxuriant; overgrown.
What we by day lop overgrown, one night or two with wanton growth derides, tending to wild.
8. Extravagant; as wanton dress.
9. Not regular; not turned or formed with regularity.
The quaint mazes in the wanton green.
WANTON
n. 1. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
2. A trifler; an insignificant flutterer.
3. A word of slight endearment.
Peace, my wanton-- [Little used. ]
WANTON
v.t. 1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule or limit; to revel; to play loosely.
Nature here wantond as in her prime.
Her golden tresses wanton in the wind.
2. To ramble in lewdness; to play lasciviously.
3. To move briskly and irregularly.
WANTONING
ppr. Roving; flying loosely; playing without restraint; indulging in licentiousness.
WANTONIZE
v.i.To behave wantonly. [Not in use. ]
WANTONLY
adv. Loosely; without regularity or restraint; sportively; gayly; playfully; lasciviously.
WANTONNESS
n. 1. Sportiveness; gaiety; frolicsomeness; waggery.
--As sad as night, only for wantonness.
2. Licentiousness; negligence of restraint.
The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness.
3. Lasciviousness; lewdness. Romans 13:13; 2 Peter 2:18.
WANT-WIT
n.[want and wit. ] One destitute of wit or sense; a fool. [Not in much use. ]
WANTY
n.A broad strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast. [Local. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WANT
Want (277 ), n. Etym: [Originally an adj. , from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. sq. root139. See Wane, v. i.]
1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. Milton. From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. Rambler. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. Franklin.
2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want. Swift.
3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. Habitual superfluities become actual wants. Paley.
4. (Mining )
Defn: A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. [Eng. ]
Syn. -- Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness.
WANT
Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wanting. ]
1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing. They that want honesty, want anything. Beau. & Fl. Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Milton. The unhappy never want enemies. Richardson.
2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. " What wants my son " Addison. I want to speak to you about something. A. Trollope.
WANT
Want, v. i. Etym: [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See Want to lack. ]
1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four. The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. Dryden.
2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. You have a gift, sir (thank your education ), Will never let you want. B. Jonson. For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. Pope.
Note: Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. "Him wanted audience. " Chaucer.
WANTAGE
WANTAGE Want "age, n.
Defn: That which is wanting; deficiency.
WANTING
WANTING Want "ing, a.
Defn: Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.
WANTLESS
WANTLESS Want "less, a.
Defn: Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
WANTON
Wan "ton, a. Etym: [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan- wanting (see Wane, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug, v. t.]
1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness. " Spenser. "A wild and wanton herd. " Shak. A wanton and a merry [friar ]. Chaucer. [She ] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. Milton. How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise! Addison.
2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. "Men grown wanton by prosperity. " Roscommon.
3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. Not with wanton looking of folly. Chaucer. [Thou art ] froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton. Shak.
4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
WANTON
WANTON Wan "ton, n.
1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. I am afeard you make a wanton of me. Shak. Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto. B. Jonson.
2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. Beau. & Fl.
3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
WANTON
Wan "ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning. ]
1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. Nature here wantoned as in her prime. Milton. How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams! Lamb.
2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
WANTON
WANTON Wan "ton, v. t.
Defn: To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs. ]
WANTONIZE
WANTONIZE Wan "ton *ize, v. i.
Defn: To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. [R.] Lamb.
WANTONLY
WANTONLY Wan "ton *ly, adv.
1. In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
2. Unintentionally; accidentally. [Obs. ] J. Dee.
WANTONNESS
WANTONNESS Wan "ton *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower. The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. Eikon Basilike.Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for wantonness. Shak.
WANTRUST
Wan "trust `, n. Etym: [Pref. wan- as in wanton + trust. ]
Defn: Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
WANTWIT
WANTWIT Want "wit `, n.
Defn: One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. [Obs. ] Shak.
WANTY
Wan "ty, n. Etym: [For womb tie, that is, bellyWomb, and Tie. ]
Defn: A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope. [Prov. Eng. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
want
want |wänt, wônt wɑnt wɔnt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] have a desire to possess or do (something ); wish for: I want an apple | [ with infinitive ] : we want to go to the beach | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : she wanted me to go to her room | [ no obj. ] : I'll give you a lift into town if you want. • wish to consult or speak to (someone ): Tony wants me in the studio. • (usu. be wanted ) (of the police ) desire to question or apprehend (a suspected criminal ): he is wanted by the police in connection with an arms theft. • desire (someone ) sexually: I've wanted you since the first moment I saw you. • [ with present participle ] informal, chiefly Brit. (of a thing ) require to be attended to in a specified way: the wheel wants greasing. • [ with infinitive ] informal ought, should, or need to do something: you don't want to believe everything you hear. • [ no obj. ] (want in /into /out /away ) informal desire to be in or out of a particular place or situation: if anyone wants out, there's the door. 2 [ no obj. ] chiefly archaic lack or be short of something desirable or essential: you shall want for nothing while you are with me. • [ with obj. ] (chiefly used in expressions of time ) be short of or lack (a specified amount or thing ): it wanted twenty minutes to midnight | it wants a few minutes of five o'clock. ▶noun 1 chiefly archaic a lack or deficiency of something: Victorian houses which are in want of repair | it won't be through want of trying. • the state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty: freedom from want. 2 a desire for something: the expression of our wants and desires. PHRASES for want of because of a lack of (something ): for want of a better location we ate our picnic lunch in the cemetery. ORIGIN Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking ’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking. ’ The original notion of “lack ” was early extended to “need, ” and from this developed the sense ‘desire. ’
want ad
want ad ▶noun informal a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine; a small ad.
wanting
want ing |ˈwäntiNG, wônt -wɑn (t )ɪŋ wɔn (t )ɪŋ | ▶adjective [ predic. ] lacking in a certain required or necessary quality: they weren't wanting in confidence | their products would be found wanting in a direct comparison. • not existing or supplied; absent: the kneecap is wanting in amphibians and reptiles.
want list
want list ▶noun a list of stamps, books, recordings, or similar items required by a collector.
wanton
wan ton |ˈwäntn ˈwɑntn ˈwɔntn | ▶adjective 1 (of a cruel or violent action ) deliberate and unprovoked: sheer wanton vandalism. 2 (esp. of a woman ) sexually immodest or promiscuous. • literary growing profusely; luxuriant: where wanton ivy twines. • literary lively; playful: a wanton fawn. ▶noun archaic a sexually immodest or promiscuous woman. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic or literary 1 play; frolic. 2 behave in a sexually immodest or promiscuous way. DERIVATIVES wan ton ly adverb, wan ton ness noun ORIGIN Middle English wantowen ‘rebellious, lacking discipline, ’ from wan- ‘badly ’ + Old English togen ‘trained ’ (related to team and tow 1 ).
Oxford Dictionary
want
want |wɒnt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] have a desire to possess or do (something ); wish for: I want an apple | [ with infinitive ] : we want to go to the beach | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : she wanted me to leave | [ no obj. ] : I'll give you a lift into town if you want. • wish to speak to (someone ): Tony wants me in the studio. • (be wanted ) (of a suspected criminal ) be sought by the police for questioning: he is wanted by the police in connection with an arms theft. • desire (someone ) sexually: I've wanted you since the first moment I saw you. • [ no obj. ] (want in /into /out ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. desire to be in or out of a particular place or situation: if anyone wants out, there's the door. 2 [ with infinitive ] informal should or need to do something: you don't want to believe everything you hear. • [ with present participle ] chiefly Brit. (of a thing ) require to be attended to in a specified way: the wheel wants greasing. 3 [ no obj. ] literary lack something desirable or essential: you shall want for nothing while you are with me. • [ with obj. ] archaic (chiefly used in expressions of time ) lack or be short of (a specified amount or thing ): it wanted twenty minutes to midnight. ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a lack or deficiency of something: Victorian houses which are in want of repair | for want of a better location we ate our picnic in the cemetery. • the state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty: freedom from want. 2 a desire for something: the expression of our wants and desires. DERIVATIVES wanter noun ORIGIN Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking ’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking ’. The original notion of ‘lack ’ was early extended to ‘need ’ and from this developed the sense ‘desire ’.
want ad
want ad ▶noun N. Amer. informal a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine; a small ad.
wanting
want |ing |ˈwɒntɪŋ | ▶adjective [ predic. ] lacking in a required or necessary quality: they weren't wanting in confidence | the English batting technique has been found wanting . • not existing; absent: mandibles are wanting in many of these insects. • informal deficient in intelligence.
want list
want list ▶noun a list of stamps, books, recordings, or similar items required by a collector.
wanton
wan ¦ton |ˈwɒntən | ▶adjective 1 (of a cruel or violent action ) deliberate and unprovoked: sheer wanton vandalism. 2 (especially of a woman ) sexually immodest or promiscuous. 3 literary growing profusely; luxuriant: where wanton ivy twines. • lively; playful: a wanton fawn. ▶noun archaic a sexually immodest or promiscuous woman. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic or literary 1 play; frolic. 2 behave in a sexually immodest or promiscuous way. DERIVATIVES wantonly adverb, wantonness noun ORIGIN Middle English wantowen ‘rebellious, lacking discipline ’, from wan- ‘badly ’ + Old English togen ‘trained ’ (related to team and tow 1 ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
want
want verb 1 do you want more coffee? desire, wish for, hope for, aspire to, fancy, care for, like; long for, yearn for, crave, hanker after, hunger for, thirst for, cry out for, covet; need; informal have a yen for, have a jones for, be dying for. 2 informal you want to be more careful: should, ought to, need to, must. 3 this mollycoddled generation wants for nothing: lack, be without, have need of, be devoid of, be bereft of, be missing. ▶noun 1 his want of vigilance: lack, absence, nonexistence, unavailability; dearth, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, shortage, scarcity, deficit. 2 a time of want: need, neediness, austerity, privation, deprivation, poverty, impoverishment, penury, destitution; famine, drought. 3 all her wants would be taken care of: wish, desire, demand, longing, yearning, fancy, craving, hankering; need, requirement; informal yen.
wanting
wanting adjective 1 the defenses were found wanting: deficient, inadequate, lacking, insufficient, imperfect, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, flawed, faulty, defective, unsound, substandard, inferior, second-rate, poor, shoddy. ANTONYMS sufficient. 2 millions were left wanting for food: without, lacking, deprived of, devoid of, bereft of, in need of, out of; deficient in, short on; informal minus.
wanton
wanton adjective 1 wanton destruction: deliberate, willful, malicious, spiteful, wicked, cruel; gratuitous, unprovoked, motiveless, arbitrary, groundless, unjustifiable, needless, unnecessary, uncalled for, senseless, pointless, purposeless, meaningless, empty, random; capricious. ANTONYMS justifiable. 2 a wanton seductress: promiscuous, immoral, immodest, indecent, shameless, unchaste, fast, loose, impure, abandoned, lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, licentious, dissolute, debauched, degenerate, corrupt, whorish, disreputable. ANTONYMS chaste.
Oxford Thesaurus
want
want verb 1 do you want more coffee? | he wants a place in the squad: desire, wish for, hope for, fancy, have a fancy for, take a fancy to, have an inclination for, care for, like, set one's heart on; long for, yearn for, pine for, sigh for, crave, hanker after, hunger for, thirst for, lust after, cry out for, be desperate for, itch for, covet, need, be bent on; informal have a yen for, be dying for. 2 informal his toaster wants repairing: need, be /stand in need of, require, demand, cry out for. 3 informal you want to be more careful: should, ought, need, must. ▶noun 1 millions perished for want of a safe haven | his want of vigilance: lack, absence, non-existence, unavailability; dearth, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, shortage, shortfall, shortness, scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, undersupply, deficit; rare exiguity. ANTONYMS abundance; presence. 2 archaic a time of want: need, neediness, austerity, privation, deprivation, poverty, impoverishment, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, pennilessness, pauperism, penury, destitution, famine, drought, indigence. ANTONYMS wealth, plenty. 3 she had faith that all her wants would be taken care of: wish, desire, demand, longing, yearning, fancy, craving, hankering; need, requirement, necessity, essential, requisite; informal yen.
wanting
wanting adjective 1 when they came under siege the defences were found wanting: deficient, inadequate, lacking, insufficient, imperfect, not up to standard /par, not good enough, disappointing, unsatisfying, unacceptable, not acceptable, not up to expectations, leaving much to be desired, flawed, faulty, defective, impaired, unsound, substandard, inferior, second-rate, poor, shabby, shoddy, patchy, sketchy, limited, restricted, incomplete, unfinished, unpolished, unrefined; Brit. informal not much cop. ANTONYMS sufficient, acceptable. 2 the kneecap is wanting in amphibians and reptiles: absent, missing, lacking, not there, not present, non-existent, not to be found, unavailable, short. ANTONYMS present. 3 millions were left wanting for food | we will not be wanting in confidence: without, lacking, devoid of, bereft of, bankrupt of, destitute of, empty of, deprived of, free from /of, in need of; deficient in, low on, short on; informal minus, sans.
wanton
wanton adjective 1 wanton destruction: deliberate, wilful, malicious, malevolent, spiteful, vicious, wicked, evil, cruel; unprovoked, unmotivated, motiveless, arbitrary, groundless, unjustifiable, unjustified, needless, unnecessary, uncalled for, gratuitous, senseless, pointless, purposeless, aimless, useless, meaningless, empty, vacuous. ANTONYMS justifiable. 2 a wanton seductress: promiscuous, immoral, loose, immodest, indecent, shameless, unblushing, unchaste, unvirtuous, fast, of easy virtue, impure, abandoned, lustful, lecherous, lascivious, salacious, lubricious, libidinous, licentious, libertine, profligate, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, reprobate, corrupt, sinful, whorish, disreputable. ANTONYMS chaste, moral. 3 literary a wanton fawn. See playful (sense 1 ).
Duden Dictionary
Want
Want Substantiv, feminin oder Substantiv, Neutrum Schiffbau , die oder das |W a nt |die Want; Genitiv: der Want, Plural: die Wanten, auch: das Want; Genitiv: des Wants, Plural: die Wanten meist im Plural vielleicht eigentlich = Gewundenes, vgl. Wand Seil oder Stange zur seitlichen Verspannung eines Masts in die Wanten klettern
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
want
want /wɑnt |wɔnt / (!( (1 )won't /woʊnt /との違いに注意. (2 )平叙文でdon 'tやcan 'tなどの否定形に続くとしばしば強勢を失う )) 〖原義は 他動詞 6 〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing (!be ～edなど分詞形容詞用法については →wanted , wanting ; 通例進行形にしない ) コーパス頻度ランク want to do ①be (↓他動詞 1a 第1, 5例 )②do (↓他動詞 1a 第1例 )③know (↓他動詞 1a 第2例 )④go (↓他動詞 1a 第9例 )⑤see (↓他動詞 1a 第3例 )❢want は 「…を欲する 」が基本の意の 動詞 で, to不定詞を従えて 「…したい 」の意. 上記のほかにget, make, talk, say, have, hear, take, play, keep, give, come, work, findなどの 動詞 と共によく用いられる (↓1 語法 ).他動詞 1 a. 〖want to do 〗〈人が 〉…したい (と思う ) (!(1 )｟くだけた話 ｠ではしばしばwanna /wɑ́nə / doと短縮される (↓語法 (3 )). (2 )この用法では ╳want doingの型では用いない; ↓2c ) ▸ What do you want to do [be ] when you grow up? 大人になったら何をしたい [何になりたい ]ですか ▸ I really want to know more about you .あなたのことをもっともっと知りたいんだ ▸ I want very much [very much want ] to see her .彼女に会いたくてたまらない (!｟コーパス ｠(1 )前者は ｟米 ｠で, 後者は ｟英 ｠で好まれる. (2 )very muchがwantを修飾することが明らかな場合文末も可能 ) ▸ I don't want to get married .私は結婚したくない (╳ I want not to get married. としない )▸ I don't want to be rude , but I do say, “Read the book. ”｟話 丁寧に ｠無礼なことを言いたくないのだが, 「その本を読んでください 」としか言いようがない (!聞き手の機嫌を損ねる可能性があることを言うときの前置きとして ) ▸ I just wanted to say I love you .｟話 丁寧に ｠愛していると言いたかっただけなの (!現在の希望であるが過去のものであるかのように表現して控えめな響きを出している ) ▸ “Why don't you like doing interviews?” “Because I don't want to .”「なぜ会見をするのがいやなのですか 」「したくないからです 」 (!通例toを省略して ╳I don't want. としない; ↓語法 (1 ) ▸ want to get rid of A (不快なので )A 〈人 物 事 〉から解放されたい (!｟英 ｠ではwant rid of Aとなることがある ) ▸ It's not that I don't want to go, but I'd rather stay home .｟くだけて ｠行きたくないことはないが, 家にいたいのでね (!乗り気でないことを示して ) b. 〖want A to do 〗〈人が 〉A 〈人 〉に …して欲しい (と思う ), A 〈事 〉が …であって欲しい ▸ I want you to look after the bacon .(料理の引き継ぎを頼んで )ベーコンを見ていて欲しいんだ (!(1 )↓表現 . (2 )that節を従えて ╳I want that you (should ) look after the bacon. としない ) ▸ I wouldn't want that to happen to me .そういうことは起こって欲しくない 表現 コーパス wantを使った申し出と依頼 wantはDo you want …?の形で聞き手の希望を尋ねる丁寧な申し出としてしばしば用いられる. 直接的表現となりWould you like …?よりくだけた言い方で, ｟英 ｠より ｟米 ｠で好まれる.｟くだけた話 ｠では Want …?のように省略表現となることも多い. また, I want you to doの形で聞き手に対する依頼表現としてしばしば用いられ, ｟英 ｠より ｟米 ｠で好まれる. 疑問文の場合と違ってぶっきらぼうな言い方なので, 家族や親しい友人など以外には丁寧なI 'd like you to doを用いる方が無難 (↓成句 Do you want A?, Do you want me to do? , Do you want to do? ).語法 1 to do の省略 to doに前出の 動詞 が続く場合, 通例doが省略されてtoが残されるが, if, when, as long as, the way節中ではto doが省略されることがある (↓成句 if you want )▸ Come when you want (to ).来たいときに来てください .一方, want A to doの場合, Aが人称代名詞のときはdoが省略されることがある ▸ “I can't go alone. ” “I don't want you to .”「一人では行けません 」「私もそれは望んでいません 」2 進行形 もともと状態を表すので通例進行形では用いないが, 断定的響きを避けたり, 生き生きとした感じを出すため進行形で用いられることがある ▸ I was wanting to ask about it, but …それについておうかがいしたいと思っていたのですが, … (!現在の状況で用いるが過去進行形にして押しつけがましさを避けている ) .また, 長い過程を暗示するときは完了進行形と用いられることがある ▸ I have been wanting to see you .お会いしたいと思っておりました (!I am wanting …は不自然 ) 3 短縮形 want A to do の型はwannaの形に短縮不可能 ▸ Who do you want to [╳wanna ] kiss you? だれにキスして欲しいですか 4 I think I want to do I thinkを伴うこの形はその気持ちに迷いがあることを暗示する ▸ I think I want to go to the party, but I'm not sure .パーティに行きたい気もするが, よくわからない 2 a. 〈人が 〉【人 事のために 】〈物 〉を欲しい (と思う ); 〈事 〉を欲する ; 〈行為 〉をしたい [して欲しい ] «for » (!いずれも進行形 受け身にしない ) ▸ They want a baby very much. ≒They very much want a baby .彼らはすごく赤ん坊を欲しがっている (!They want very much a baby. の語順は ｟まれ ｠) ▸ I want apple juice .りんごジュースが欲しい [をくれ ] (!人に頼む言い方としては直接的で非常に無作法に響く; I'd like apple juice. の方が丁寧な言い方 ) ▸ I want the truth .私は真実を知りたい ▸ if you want my advice [opinion ]｟話 ｠(助言は求められていないが )率直に言わせてもらえば ▸ What do you want? 何が欲しいの ; 何の用だ (!ぶしつけでぞんざいな言い方 ) ▸ What do you want for your birthday? 誕生日には何が欲しいですか ▸ That's exactly [just ] what I (have always ) wanted .(贈り物を受け取って )まさに私が (常々 )欲しいと思っていたものです (!(1 )本当は気に入っていない場合も ｟おどけて ｠用いることがある. (2 )｟コーパス ｠thatの代わりにitや具体的な 名詞 が用いられることがある ) ▸ What do you want with that rope? そのロープをいったいどうするつもりなんだ b. 〖want A (out ) of B /from B 〗｟かたく ｠〈人が 〉B 〈人 〉にA 〈物 〉を (して欲しいと )望む , BにAを求める ▸ What do you want of me? 私に何を望んでいるの (≒｟よりくだけて ｠What do you want me to do? )c. 〖want A doing 〗〈人が 〉A 〈人 物など 〉に …して欲しい (!｟コーパス ｠(1 )通例否定文で. (2 )doingは主にdoing, going, getting, acting, thinking, looking, working, talking, making, saying, playing, feelingなどで, 行為が進行中であることを暗示 ) ▸ I don't want anyone doing it .だれにもそれをやって欲しくない d. 〖want A C 〗〈人が 〉A 〈物 人など 〉がCであって欲しい (!Aは人称代名詞または固有名詞; Cは 形容詞 ) ▸ Nobody wanted him dead .彼が死んでいればいいとはだれも思わなかった ▸ I don't want her involved .彼女にはかかわって欲しくない 3 ｟くだけた話 ｠a. 〈人などが 〉〈物 事 〉を必要とする (!必要なものを予想して助言する言い方 ) ▸ The insurers want a doctor's note .保険会社は医師の診断書を必要とします ▸ “Is this the bus for Kyoto? ” “No. You want the Number 11.”「このバスは京都行きですか 」「いいえ, 11番に乗ってください 」b. 〖want to do 〗〈人が 〉…する必要がある ▸ You only want to install the right software .適切なソフトウェアをインストールしさえすればいい c. 〖～ A done /doing 〗〈人が 〉A 〈物など 〉が … される必要があると思う , …されるのを願う ▸ I want that lawn mowed .あの芝生を刈って欲しい d. 〖～ doing 〗｟主に英 ｠〈物などが 〉…される必要がある , …することが要る (!(1 )doingは受け身の意味を表す. (2 )進行形 受け身にしない ) ▸ This car wants repairing .この車は修理が必要だ (≒｟よりかたく ｠… needs repairing [to be repaired ].) (!This car wants to be repaired. の形は避けられる ) e. ｟英 くだけて ｠〈事 〉を受けるに足る (deserve ).4 〖want A (＋副詞 )〗｟話 ｠〈人が 〉A 〈人 〉に (…に ) (話しに )来て [行って ]欲しい , A 〈人 〉に (…で )用がある (!(1 )Aは通例人称代名詞や固有名詞; ｟コーパス ｠副詞 はalong, here, home, awayなど場所 方向の表現や役職を表す. (2 )進行形にしない; →wanted ) ▸ Mr. Smith wants you (in his office ).スミスさんが (部屋に )お呼びですよ ▸ I want you as chairman .君に議長になって欲しい ▸ They want you out of here [business ].彼らは君にここから出て行って [店をたたんで ]欲しいと思っている ▸ (Do ) you want a piece of me? ｟話 ｠(けんかを売っているのか尋ねて )私に何か用か 5 〖You want to do 〗｟くだけた話 ｠(助言して )〈人が 〉…すべきである , …するほうがいいよ (should, ought to ) (!進行形 受け身にしない ) ▸ You don't want to do this .こんなことしちゃだめだ ▸ You might want to ask Billy .ビリーに聞いてみたほうがいいよ (!mightやmayを伴うとより穏やかな表現となる ) 6 ｟かたく ｠〈人 物などが 〉〈物 〉が不足して (苦しんで )いる , 〈物 〉が欠乏している ▸ These people want food and water .これらの人々には食べ物と水が不足している 7 〖I want (A to do ) B 〗｟くだけて ｠(真剣さ 怒りなどを示すため )(A 〈人 〉に )B 〈事 〉を (することを )求める ▸ I want an apology [you to apologize ] right now .今すぐ謝って欲しい 8 ｟卑 ｠〈人 〉とセックスしたい , …が欲しい .自動詞 1 〖want ＋ 副詞 〗…に行きたい [来たい ] (!副詞 は場所 方向の表現 ) ▸ She wanted away from him .彼女は彼に近づきたくなかった 2 ｟かたく やや古 ｠〖通例否定文で 〗〈人が 〉【必要なものが 】ない , «…を » 欠いている «for » ▸ want for nothing 何不自由ない Do you w á nt A? ｟話 ｠1 (申し出て )A 〈物 〉がいりますか, Aをさし上げましょうか ; A 〈行為 〉をしてあげましょうか (!Would you like A?の方が丁寧に響く; ↑1 b 表現 ) ▸ Do you want a bag [ride ]?(レジなどで )袋を [ (車で )乗せていって ]あげましょうか 2 (脅迫して )A 〈平手打ちなど 〉が欲しいのか, Aをお見舞いしてやろうか .Do you w á nt me to do ?｟話 ｠…してあげましょうか (!(1 )｟英 ｠ではShall I do ?の方が好まれる. (2 )Would you like me to do ?の方が丁寧に響く; ↑1 b 表現 ) ▸ Do you want me to take a message? 伝言をお伺いしますが Do you w á nt to do ?｟話 ｠1 (申し出て )…されますか (↑1 b 表現 )▸ (Do you ) want to use this pen? このペン使われますか [貸してあげましょうか ] (!(1 )｟くだけた話 ｠ではDo youがしばしば省略される. (2 )Would you like to do ?の方が丁寧に響く ) 2 (脅迫して )…したいのか ▸ “Do you want to make something of it? ” “No, forget it. ”「ほう, (けんかを )やる気かい 」「いえ, 何でもないです 」h à ve A r ì ght [j ù st ] where one w á nts (自分の有利になるように )A 〈人 〉を思い通りの方向に持っていく, Aに対して優位に事を進めている .if you w á nt ｟くだけて ｠1 (申し出て )もしよろしければ ▸ I'll make coffee if you want .もしよろしければコーヒーを入れますが 2 (許可して 提案に同意して )もしそうしたいのなら (!wantの後のto doが省略された形 ) ▸ You can go if you want .行きたいのならそうすればいい (!｟コーパス ｠主節と共に現れるときは … if you want to. となることがある ) ▸ “Can I stay with you? ” “If you want .”「一緒にいていいかな 」「君さえよければ 」n ò t want to kn ó w ｟くだけて ｠ «…に » 見向きもしない ; (やっかいなので )耳を貸そうとしない «about » .w à nt A b á ck A 〈物 〉を返して欲しい ; A 〈人 〉に戻って欲しい ▸ want one's money back お金を返して欲しい w à nt í n ｟くだけて ｠1 ｟主に米 ｠(ある場所に )入りたい .2 【計画 企画 状況などに 】参加したい «on » .w á nt into A ｟くだけて ｠A 〈事 〉にかかわりたい .w à nt ó ut ｟くだけて ｠1 ｟主に米 ｠【ある場所から 】外に出たい «of » .2 【状況などから 】脱け出したい «of » .w à ste not, w á nt not →waste 自動詞 1 .Wh á tever you w à nt .＝Whatever you say .Wh ó w à nts (to do ) A? 1 (集団に物を勧めて )A 〈物 〉が欲しい [A 〈行為 〉をしたい ]人はいませんか ▸ Who wants dessert? デザートがいるのはだれですか 2 だれがA 〈物 〉を欲しい [A 〈行為 〉をしたい ]というのか (そんな人はいない )▸ Who wants to be at war? だれが戦争なんかに行きたいものか 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C U ｟かたく ｠〖単数形で; ～ of A 〗A 〈物 〉の不足 , 欠乏 , 欠如 ; Aが足りないこと (lack )▸ suffer from want of food 食糧不足に苦しむ 2 C 〖通例A 's ～s /～s of A 〗A 〈人 〉の欲しい物 , 必要な物 (→need 1 )▸ satisfy consumers' wants [｟よりかたく ｠the wants of consumers ]消費者の要求を満足させる 3 U ｟かたく ｠貧困 , 貧乏 , 窮乏 (poverty )▸ live in want 貧乏な生活をする be n ò t for (the ) w á nt of do ing 〈事が 〉…することが足りないのではない ▸ The failure is not for want of trying .その失敗は努力不足が原因ではない for (the ) w á nt of A A 〈言葉 何かすべきことなど 〉がなくて [ないので ]▸ What was his, for want of a better term, fault? 彼の ―いい言葉が見つからないけど ―欠点は何だったの ▸ for want of anything better (to do )それ以上何も (すべきことが )なかったので in w á nt of A ｟かたく ｠〖通例be ～〗〈人などが 〉A 〈物 事など 〉を必要としている .～́ à d ｟米 ｠＝classified ad .
wanta
wan ta /wɑ́ntə /｟くだけて ｠＝want to (!発音つづり ) .
wanted
w á nt ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 〖be ～〗〈人が 〉【警察などに /犯罪のかどで 】指名手配されている «by /for » ; 〖名詞 の前で 〗指名手配中の 〈犯人 〉▸ The man is wanted on a charge of murder .その男は殺人の容疑で指名手配をうけている ▸ Mexico's most wanted criminal メキシコで一番のおたずね者 2 〖be ～〗〈人が 〉用事で呼ばれている ; (広告で )募集中である ▸ You're wanted on the phone .お電話ですよ ▸ Staff Wanted ｟掲示 ｠社員募集中 3 〈子供などが 〉かわいがられている (↔unwanted ).
wanting
want ing /wɑ́ntɪŋ |wɔ́nt -/形容詞 比較なし 〖be ～〗1 ｟かたく ｠ «…が » なくて, 欠けて, 不足して (lacking ) «in » ▸ The teacher is wanting in enthusiasm .その先生は熱意を欠いている ▸ This approach was found wanting .このやり方では十分ではないと判明した 2 ｟遠回しに ｠頭が足りない .前置詞 …を欠いて, …がなくて (without ); …が不足して .
wanton
wan ton /wɑ́nt (ə )n |wɔ́ntən /形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗理不尽な, めちゃくちゃな ; 残忍な, 無差別の 〈行為など 〉.2 ｟やや古 非難して ｠〈女性などが 〉みだらな, 好色の, ふしだらな .3 ｟かたく ｠抑えられない, 抑制できない .4 ｟文 ｠〈植物が 〉伸び放題の .名詞 C ｟文 ｠ふしだらな女性 ; いたずらっ子 .～ly 副詞 理不尽に ; 気まぐれに .～ness 名詞
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