单词 | hunger |
释义 | hunger —hungeringly, adv. /hung"geuhr/, n. 1. a compelling need or desire for food. 2. the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger. 3. a shortage of food; famine. 4. a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power. 5. from hunger, Slang. deplorably bad; dreadful: The styles in coats this winter are from hunger. Also, strictly from hunger. v.i. 6. to feel hunger; be hungry. 7. to have a strong desire. v.t. 8. Rare. to subject to hunger; starve. [bef. 900; ME; OE hungor; c. G Hunger] Syn. 4. appetite, greed, lust, itch. |
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