| 释义 |
hungriness|ˈhʌŋgrɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being hungry; greediness; longing.
1530Palsgr. 232/1 Hongrynesse, fayn, appetit a manger. 1577Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 186 That her wormes might eat and forget their hungrynesse. 1661J. Childrey Brit. Bacon. 118 Some Rivers overflowing their banks enrich more, and others less, according to the fatness or hungryness of their water. 1837Howitt Rur. Life vi. xiv. (1862) 561 A determined expression of fresh-air hungriness. |