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单词 craving
释义 craving
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of craven to crave
1. obsolete : urgent asking : entreating
2.
 a. : an urgent need for gratification
  < a craving for tobacco >
 b. : the desire to satisfy a vague inner need : longing, yearning
  < a craving to be understood >
  < the deepest cravings of his being — to create and, as Bryon says, in creating live — C.S.Kilby >
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of crave
1. obsolete : urgently entreating : begging
2. : desiring deeply or inwardly
 < craving passion >
crav·ing·ly adverb
crav·ing·ness noun -es
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