keen

keen
keen
1. keen [ki:n] adj
1) (enthusiastic) begeistert, leidenschaftlich;
\keen hunter begeisterter Jäger/begeisterte Jägerin;
to be \keen on doing sth etw mit Begeisterung [o leidenschaftlich gern] tun;
to be \keen to do sth etw unbedingt tun wollen;
they were \keen for their children to go to the best schools sie wollten unbedingt, dass ihre Kinder die besten Schulen besuchen;
to be \keen on sb auf jdn scharf sein (sl)
to be \keen on football/horror movies/jazz auf Fußball/Horrorfilme/Jazz versessen sein
2) (perceptive) eye scharf; ear fein;
\keen eyesight [or vision] scharfe Augen;
\keen mind scharfer Verstand;
\keen sense of hearing feines Gehör
3) (extreme) pain heftig, stark;
\keen competition scharfe Konkurrenz;
to have a \keen desire for sth ein heftiges Verlangen nach etw dat spüren;
\keen interest lebhaftes Interesse
4) (sharp) blade scharf; wind beißend, schneidend; noise, voice schrill
5) pred (Am) (dated: very good) toll (fam)
peachy \keen (a. iron) prima (a. iron)
how are you doing? - peachy \keen! I've just gotten fired wie geht's dir denn so? - fantastisch, ich bin gerade gefeuert worden
6) (Brit) (low) prices günstig
PHRASES:
to be as \keen as mustard [on sth] (Brit) (dated) (fam) Feuer und Flamme [für etw akk] sein (fam), ganz versessen [o erpicht] [auf etw akk] sein (fam)
2. keen [ki:n] n Totenklage f vi die Totenklage halten, wehklagen;
to \keen for sb jdn betrauern

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