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单词 itching
释义 itching
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of itch (II)
: that itches:
 a. : having, producing, or marked by an uneasy sensation in the skin
  < bothered with an itching back >
  < an itching skin eruption >
 b.
  (1) : having or marked by a restless desire or craving or longing for something
   < always glad to cater to her itching public >
  (2) : restlessly or insatiably seeking after what is novel and different
   < the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings — 2 Tim 4:3 (Revised Standard Version) >
  (3) : restlessly or insatiably seeking after acquisitions especially money : avaricious
   < had itching fingers always ready for a bribe >
   < an itching palm >
 c. : having or marked by a restless inclination toward or predisposition to something : impatiently eager
  < itching anxiety — G.M.Trevelyan >
  < an itching impulse — B.A.Williams >
 specifically : restlessly disposed to travel about and not to remain long in any one place
  < born … with an itching foot, he started drifting down through the cattle ranges — W.C.Tuttle >
  < having had itching feet in his journalistic days, he had at least six different home towns — Volta Torrey >
 d. : being in a restless ferment : seething, stewing
  < itching adolescents >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English icchinge, yicching, from gerund of icchen, yicchen to itch — more at itch
: itch 1a, 2
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