- raring to do something
very enthusiastic about starting to do something 热切;渴望 The new recruits arrived early, all dressed up and raring to go (= to start). 新兵早早地就到了,都穿得整整齐齐,盼着出发。 She is raring to get back to work after her operation. 动完了手术,她渴望回到工作岗位上去。
Word Origin1920s: present participle of rare, dialect variant of roar or the verb rear.