英语词汇“appetite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

appetite

/ˈapɪtʌɪt

noun

1A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food: he has a healthy appetite [mass noun]: they suffered from loss of appetite...

We can choose to satisfy out appetites with healthy food, eating when we are hungry and stopping when we are full.
Just at this time he made a discovery that helped him satisfy their new appetite for solid food.
These characters will do anything to satisfy their appetites, whether for food, drink, or sex.

Synonyms

hunger, ravenousness, hungriness, need for food;

taste, palate;

desire, relish;

voracity, greed, gluttony, stomach

rare edacity, esurience

1.1A strong desire or liking for something: her appetite for life...

The strong appetite for a piece of Ireland was often shallow, faddish and dishonest.
One had appetites and ambitions, talents and desires, capacities and potential, drive and vision, questions and curiosity.
Rather something arouses us and accustoms our appetites and our desires to that which expands our longing.

Synonyms

craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, passion, relish, lust, love, zest, gusto, avidity, ardour;

need, demand, urge, addiction, itch, ache;

enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness;

desire, liking, fancy, inclination, propensity, proclivity, partiality

informal yen

formal appetency

Origin

Middle English: from Old French apetit (modern appétit), from Latin appetitus 'desire for', from appetere 'seek after', from ad- 'to' + petere 'seek'.

‘Seeking’ and ‘desire’ are involved in appetite, which comes via Old French from Latin appetitus ‘desire for’, from appetere ‘seek after’.

单词	appetite
释义	appetite /ˈapɪtʌɪt / noun 1A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food: he has a healthy appetite [mass noun]: they suffered from loss of appetite... We can choose to satisfy out appetites with healthy food, eating when we are hungry and stopping when we are full. Just at this time he made a discovery that helped him satisfy their new appetite for solid food. These characters will do anything to satisfy their appetites, whether for food, drink, or sex. Synonyms hunger, ravenousness, hungriness, need for food; taste, palate; desire, relish; voracity, greed, gluttony, stomach rare edacity, esurience 1.1A strong desire or liking for something: her appetite for life... The strong appetite for a piece of Ireland was often shallow, faddish and dishonest. One had appetites and ambitions, talents and desires, capacities and potential, drive and vision, questions and curiosity. Rather something arouses us and accustoms our appetites and our desires to that which expands our longing. Synonyms craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, passion, relish, lust, love, zest, gusto, avidity, ardour; need, demand, urge, addiction, itch, ache; enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness; desire, liking, fancy, inclination, propensity, proclivity, partiality informal yen formal appetency Origin Middle English: from Old French apetit (modern appétit), from Latin appetitus 'desire for', from appetere 'seek after', from ad- 'to' + petere 'seek'. ‘Seeking’ and ‘desire’ are involved in appetite, which comes via Old French from Latin appetitus ‘desire for’, from appetere ‘seek after’.
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