| 单词 | thirsty |
| 释义 | thirsty (once / 857 pages) adj When you're thirty, you crave liquids. Thirsty people want a drink. To be thirsty is to feel like you need to drink something. People tend to get more thirsty on very hot days or during exercise, when a lot of their body's fluid is being sweated out. Eating can also make you thirsty, and so can waking up in the morning. The word thirsty comes from the Proto-Indo-European root ters, or "dry." WORD FAMILYthirsty: thirstier, thirstiest, thirstily, thirstiness+/thirst: thirsted, thirster, thirsting, thirsts, thirsty/thirster: thirsters USAGE EXAMPLESThe group plays the Thirsty Devil from 6 until 9 p.m. and the Stables from 9 p.m. until close. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The segment might be fashion-forward, but as a whole it’s a thirsty bunch. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) To get their craft beers into the hands of thirsty customers, the partners contracted to brew batches at Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. in Kiln. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) 1adj feeling a need or desire to drink after playing hard the children were thirsty Ant hungry feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food empty, empty-belliedneeding nourishment esurient, famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starvedextremely hungry peckishsomewhat hungry supperlesswithout supper 2adj needing moisture thirsty fields under a rainless sky Syn dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet 3adj (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous thirsty for informaton Syn athirst, hungry desirous, wishful having or expressing desire for something 4adj able to take in large quantities of moisture thirsty towels Syn absorbent, absorptive having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) |
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