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单词 hanker
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hanker

(hæŋkəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense hankers, present participle hankering, past tense, past participle hankered
verb
If you hanker after something, you want it very much.
I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat. [V + after/for]
[Also VERB to-infinitive]

hanker in British English

(ˈhæŋkə)
verb
(foll by for, after, or an infinitive)
to have a yearning (for something or to do something)
Derived forms
hankerer (ˈhankerer)
noun
hankering (ˈhankering)
noun
Word origin
C17: probably from Dutch dialect hankeren

hanker in American English

(ˈhæŋkər)
verb intransitive
to crave, long, or yearn
followed by after, for, or an infinitive
Word origin
Early ModE, prob. < Du or LowG source, as in Fl hankeren, to desire, long for, Du hunkeren, freq. formation & metaphoric extension < base of hang

Examples of 'hanker' in a sentence
hanker

He insists that he is no longer hankering after the leadership.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Those going to university straight from school still hanker after the rite of passage that going away to university has become.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If you still hanker for the cutting edge of gaming then ferret yourself away in a study with one of these beasts.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
 Still hankering after something short, sharp and sequined?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If you still hanker after him, give him one more chance.
The Sun (2009)
Part of me was hankering after the days before Fraser.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I always had this hankering to take it further.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Perhaps that's why so many Londoners hanker for life in the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is cracking on in years now, in any case, and may not hanker for the grind of touring.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
 Still hankering after shine?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Alas, I always hanker for the earlier.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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