单词 | itch |
释义 | itch/ɪtʃ![]() noun [usually in singular] 1An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.But shortly after Ben began eating his lunch, his child-care provider noticed he seemed to be trying to scratch an itch in his mouth....
Synonyms tingling, irritation, itchiness, stinging, prickling, tickling; Medicine paraesthesia rare formication 1.1 [mass noun, usually with modifier] A skin disease or condition of which itching is a symptom.Neuropathic itch occurs with any disease along the afferent neuronal pathway....
1.2 informal A restless or strong desire to do something: an itch to write fiction...
Synonyms longing, yearning, pining, craving, ache, burning, hunger, thirst, urge, lust, hankering, need, eagerness, zeal, covetousness; wish, fancy, desire; hope, aspiration, dream informal yen verb [no object] 1Be the site of or cause an itch: the bite itched like crazy...
Synonyms tingle, be irritated, be itchy, sting, prickle, tickle 1.1(Of a person) experience an itch: I itched all over...
1.2 informal Feel a restless or strong desire to do something: [with infinitive]: Paul was itching to get outside...
Synonyms long, yearn, pine, ache, burn, hanker for/after, hunger, thirst, lust, pant, hope, be eager, be desperate, be consumed with desire, be unable to wait, would give one's eye teeth, wish, have a fancy; crave, need, lust after, dream of, set one's heart on, be bent on, eat one's heart out over, covet; want, desire, fancy, set one's sights on informal have a yen, be dying, be gagging Phrasesan itching palm OriginOld English gycce (noun), gyccan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeuk (noun) and Dutch jeuken, German jucken (verb). Rhymes |
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