thirstn.

Brit.

/θəːst/, U.S.

/θərst/

Forms: α. Old English–Middle English þurst, Middle English þorst, Middle English thurste, Middle English–1500s thurst; Middle English ( Orm.) þirrst, Middle English þirst, Middle English þerst(e, Middle English þirste, Middle English–1500s thyrst(e, 1500s thirste, Middle English– thirst. β. Middle English ( Orm.) þrisst, Middle English þrist, Middle English threist, threste, þrust(e, þrest ( þrast), Middle English threst, thryst, Middle English–1500s thriste, thrust, thruste, Middle English–1600s thrist, Middle English þreste, Middle English–1500s thryste. γ. Middle English first, ferst, furst, vurste.

Etymology: Old English þurst = Old Frisian *thurst, *thorst (modern Frisian torst, toarst, East Frisian thurst), Old Saxon thurst (Dutch dorst), Old High German (German) durst < Old Germanic *þurs-tus; compare Old Norse þorsti (masculine) (Swedish, Danish törst), Gothic þaurstei feminine; all formed, with nominal suffix, from a verbal stem *þurs- (compare Gothic þaurseiþ mik I thirst) < Indo-European *trs, weak grade of *ters: *tors: *trs. Compare Latin torrēre to dry, Sanskrit trš to thirst. The change fromthurst to thirst was probably an assimilation of the noun to the form of the verb. The metathetic thrist, thrust, was in use from c1200 to 1590.

a. The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of drink; also, the physical condition resulting from this want.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun]

thirstc1000

dry1377

drought1393

thirstingc1500

drynessa1535

dryth1557

thirstiness1583

thirst-longing?1617

droughtiness1720

a spark in one's throat1721

α.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 192 Do þis wið magan bryne & þurste.

c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 336 Win & beor eall to ecum þurste awend.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 He hefde þurst and hunger.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14602 Þatt maȝȝ þe slekkenn wel þin þirrst.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 75 He ne mai þolen hunger ne þirst ne oðer pine.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 90 He..menede as he bledde of þurst.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10176 Þey deyde for hunger & þirst.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 139 He soffreþ and honger an þorst.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 19 He dronke at eche diche ar he for thurste deyde.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2810 Feynt & pal for hungre & for þerst.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/2 Thyrste, or thryste, sitis.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xiii. 34 They ouercome theyre enemyes more by thurst than by armes.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.ii Y^t may suffre & endure grete labours, watchynge, pouerte, thurst, hungre, colde, & hete.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 110 Let thy Goats..be..led to living Streams; to quench their Thirst .

a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 89 The long thirst of Tantalus allay.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 232 Thirst belongs to humanity, everywhere, in all ages.

β. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1615 & pinenn þær þin bodiȝ. a. Wiþþ chele. & þrisst. & hunngerr.c1220 Bestiary 320 He haueð ðrist.c1300 Harrow. Hell 50 (MS. E.) Seþþen haue y fond & wist Hot & cold, hunger & þrest.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxlii. 7 Slokyn my threst.c1375 XI Pains of Hell 156 in Old Eng. Misc. 215 Þai schil haue hongir and þrust wereeuer þai gon.a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 2791 Beues hadde þanne swich þrast.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 30 Þai made murmuracion agaynes him by cause of thrist.c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 147 Be þe weye thedyrward, he hadde thrust.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 163 Soyf, thrust.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 219 Vter drank for to cuill his thrist.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R4 Him..that..Will die for thrist, and water doth refuse.γ. 13.. S. Eng. Leg. in Herrig Archiv LXXXII. 395/68 For drede of gret hongir & ferst.c1325 Song of Mercy 53 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 120 Ne neuer my furst ne woldestou slake.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 269 He brende for first [v.r. vurste].

†b. (See quot. 1736) dialect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of pigs > [noun]

swine-sought?c1475

water-gall1582

measles1587

swinepox1587

gargarism1607

measlesa1637

rangen1688

milt-pain1704

choler1729

hog pox1730

gall1736

thirst1736

cholera1837

black tooth1851

hog plague1858

swine plague1863

purple1867

swine fever1877

soldier disease1878

soldier1882

swine erysipelas1887

Aujeszky's disease1906

swine flu1919

swine influenza1920

African swine fever1935

baby pig disease1941

swine vesicular disease1972

SVD1973

1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 435 Swine..are subject to a Distemper which is called the Thirst, or Lungs, according to some Farmers.

c. Short for thirst-land n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless

droughta1000

dryheada1300

drynessa1398

carbuncle1577

jornada1828

thirst-land1878

dry land1893

thirst-country1895

thirst1906

dry1909

dust-bowl1936

1906 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 394/2 Getting a span of oxen through the long ‘thirsts’, as the waterless stretches of road are expressively called.

2. figurative. A vehement desire (of (archaic), for, after something, to do something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] > craving

thirstc1175

hungriness1530

dropsy1548

hunger1548

hungriousness1549

appetite1605

hungering1638

bulimia1639

craving1692

letch1796

crave1830

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5688 All hiss hunngerr. & hiss þrisst Shall ben þurrh drihhtin sleckedd.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. met. ii The more ay brenneth in Hem the thurst of hauynge.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 219 Thi thrust to shedde mans blode was neuer wery.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 122 To quenche of slepe the thrust.

1554 J. Knox Faythfull Admon. sig. D6 An earnest thrist..of your saluacion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 23 Not in thirst for Reuenge.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. i. 2 Those infinite thirsts after truth.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 83. ⁋1 That thirst after curiosities, which often draws contempt and ridicule upon itself.

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso iv. 121 Our mind can satisfy her thirst to know.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 53 The more lofty-minded..despise the thirst of gold.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 657 It may be distinctly traced..either to thirst for money or to thirst for blood.

1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) xxxi. 296 In his thirst for knowledge he was in the habit of studying every sect.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

thirst-fever n.

thirst-longing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun]

thirstc1000

dry1377

drought1393

thirstingc1500

drynessa1535

dryth1557

thirstiness1583

thirst-longing?1617

droughtiness1720

a spark in one's throat1721

?1617 T. Campion 3rd & 4th Bk. Ayres iv. ix. sig. I A heate I finde, Like thirst longing, that doth bide..Where they say my heart doth moue.

thirst-quencher n.

ΚΠ

1908 Daily Chron. 3 Jan. 3/6 He prefers pure water as a thirst-quencher.

thirst-abating adj.

ΚΠ

1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 63 The Root For Thirst-abating Sweetness prais'd.

thirst-creating adj.

ΚΠ

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 225 The riotous abuse, Thy thirst-creating steams at length produce.

thirst-inducing adj.

ΚΠ

1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 49 These cows had just finished their thirst-inducing meal.

thirst-mad adj.

ΚΠ

1969 G. MacBeth War Quartet 68 They..lived As beasts, thirst-mad.

thirst-making adj.

ΚΠ

1952 J. Cannan Body in Beck ii. 41 Will you excuse me if I beetle through for another pint?.. That's a thirst-making rock if ever there was one.

thirst-quenching adj.

ΚΠ

1895 Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/2 This orange wine is most refreshing and thirst-quenching.

thirst-scorched adj.

ΚΠ

1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 443 In view of the thirst-scorched seamen.

thirst-tormented adj.

C2.

thirst-country n. = thirst-land n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless

droughta1000

dryheada1300

drynessa1398

carbuncle1577

jornada1828

thirst-land1878

dry land1893

thirst-country1895

thirst1906

dry1909

dust-bowl1936

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 116 If you are in a Thirst country, you take, of course, a water-bottle.

thirst-land n. a waterless tract of country, spec. in South Africa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless

droughta1000

dryheada1300

drynessa1398

carbuncle1577

jornada1828

thirst-land1878

dry land1893

thirst-country1895

thirst1906

dry1909

dust-bowl1936

1878 P. Gillmore (title) The great thirstland: a trek through Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State and the Kalahari Desert.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 532/1 The region of extinct lakes and inland seas of Southern Nevada and South-eastern California is the great thirstland of the continent.

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 124 We entered the great forest Thirstland... In this expanse of some hundred square miles there is but one water-hole.

1908 J. Wells Stewart of Lovedale xviii. 182 Without crossing the Karoo and great Thirst-land of Unbelief.

thirst-serpent n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake

deaf addereOE

adderOE

aspidec1000

shadow-addera1382

chelydre1393

tyre1471

viper1526

seps?1527

aspic1530

thirsty snake1567

aspworm1587

cheliderect?1590

viper-worm1605

palmer-serpent1608

polonga1681

asp1710

thirst-serpent1731

venom-snake1845

thanatophidian1891

solenoglyph1913

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 165 The Dipsas or Thirst-Serpent is so call'd from its bite causing a burning thirst.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

thirstv.

Brit.

/θəːst/, U.S.

/θərst/

Forms: α. Old English ð-, þyrst, Middle English þirst-, Middle English þurst- (ü), (Middle English furst-), Middle English–1500s thurst-, Middle English–1500s thyrst-, Middle English– thirst. β. Middle English þryst-, þrist-, þrest-, Middle English–1500s thrust-, Middle English thryst-, Middle English–1500s threst-, thrist-.

Etymology: Old English þyrstan , < þurst thirst n. Compare Old Saxon thurstian (Dutch dorsten), Old High German dursten (German dürsten), Old Norse þyrsta (Swedish törsta, Danish törste).

†1. impersonal as in me thirsteth, ‘it thirsts me’, I am thirsty. (In Old English with accusative of person and genitive of thing, or with dative of person.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > be thirsty [verb (impersonal)]

me thirstethc897

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care ii. 30 Ðeah ðæt folc ðyrste ðære lare.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 28 Þa cwæð he, me þyrst.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 194 Þa men ne þyrst.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14603 Ȝiff þatt iss þatt te þirrsteþþ.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Hire þurst swiðe.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 23085 Me thristed sare, drinc yee me broght.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 49 So thursted hym, that he Was wel ny lorn.

c1440 York Myst. xxxvi. 221 A! me thristis sare.

2. intransitive. To feel or suffer thirst; to be thirsty. Also transferred, e.g of parched ground or plants. Somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > be thirsty [verb (intransitive)]

thirstc950

dry1362

sitiate1599

to have a cobweb in the throat1844

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xix. 28 Cuoeð ic ðyrsto.

c975 Rushw. Gosp. John iv. 14 Seðe wutudlice drinceð of wætre dæt ic selo him ne ðyrstet in ecnisse.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5771 I thrested, and yhe me na drynk bedde.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. iv. 11 We hungren, and thirsten, and ben nakid.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xliv Euerich beeste with lunges þrusteþ moche.

14.. Lybeaus Disc. (1890) 1426 Sir Libeaus þursted sore And seide..To drinke let me go.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 757/1 I Thrust, I want drinke.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 151 You shall geue them water as oft as they thyrst.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 1 Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver v. 30 Keepe thy Land rather in a thirsting condition.

1770 J. Wesley Jrnl. 26 June They drank in the words of life, just as the thirsting earth the showers.

1820 P. B. Shelley Cloud in Prometheus Unbound 196 I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxviii. 79 Bloodless of high sacrifice, Now thirsts each desolate altar!

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 319 The thirsty one, in that he thirsts, desires only drink.

3. figurative. To have a longing, craving, or strong desire. Const. in Old English with gen., = of; later after, for (†to) something, to do something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)]

thirstc893

forlongc1175

longc1225

alonga1393

greena1400

suspirec1450

earnc1460

to think long?1461

sigh1549

groanc1560

hank1589

twitter1616

linger1630

hanker1642

to hang a nose1655

hangc1672

yammer1705

yen1919

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. §10 Þu þe þyrstende wære monnes blodes.

1388 J. Wyclif Psalms lxii. 2 [lxiii. 1] Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold.

1419 in Sharpe Lond. & Kingd. (1894–5) III. 363 Your poure lieges þat have loong thrusted after knowlech of your prosperite.

c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha 87 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 360 Scho thristyt..for til cume til hewynnis kyng.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxv^v The Frenche nacion..thrusted for the blood..of the poore Brytones.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 99 The Turkish Emperor..thirsting to open a way into Moscouie.

1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 119 It is not necessary to teach men to thirst after power.

1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 56 I entered, thirsting for the shade which it promised.

†4. transitive. To desire vehemently; to long for. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)] > crave

thirstc950

hungerc1000

becravea1325

cravea1400

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. v. 6 Eadge biðon ða ðe hyncgrað & ðyrstas soðfæstnisse.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 6 Eadige synt þa ðe rihtwisnesse hingriað & þyrstað.

c1050 Liber Scintill. x. 49.

a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 506 Erthly kyngis þat threstis mannys blode.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. v. 6 Blessid be thei that hungren and thristen riȝtwisnesse, for thei shuln ben fulfillid.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 471 Ye thruste golde..and couette honoure.

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man To Rdr. f. xx^v Sufficient vnto them that thirst the trueth.

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. iv. 11 Wicked men, that thursted the blud of all the senate.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 405 He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood.

Derivatives

† ˈthirsted adj. Obsolete longed for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective] > longed for

longed1572

thirsted?1611

suspireda1639

yearned1797

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 277 His bright and sparkling eyes..sought through all that prise The next way to his thirsted life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thirst
释义	thirstn. Brit. /θəːst/, U.S. /θərst/ Forms: α. Old English–Middle English þurst, Middle English þorst, Middle English thurste, Middle English–1500s thurst; Middle English ( Orm.) þirrst, Middle English þirst, Middle English þerst(e, Middle English þirste, Middle English–1500s thyrst(e, 1500s thirste, Middle English– thirst. β. Middle English ( Orm.) þrisst, Middle English þrist, Middle English threist, threste, þrust(e, þrest ( þrast), Middle English threst, thryst, Middle English–1500s thriste, thrust, thruste, Middle English–1600s thrist, Middle English þreste, Middle English–1500s thryste. γ. Middle English first, ferst, furst, vurste. Etymology: Old English þurst = Old Frisian thurst, thorst (modern Frisian torst, toarst, East Frisian thurst), Old Saxon thurst (Dutch dorst), Old High German (German) durst < Old Germanic þurs-tus; compare Old Norse þorsti* (masculine) (Swedish, Danish törst), Gothic þaurstei feminine; all formed, with nominal suffix, from a verbal stem þurs- (compare Gothic þaurseiþ mik* I thirst) < Indo-European trs, weak grade of ters: tors: trs. Compare Latin torrēre to dry, Sanskrit trš to thirst. The change fromthurst to thirst was probably an assimilation of the noun to the form of the verb. The metathetic thrist, thrust, was in use from c1200 to 1590. 1. a. The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of drink; also, the physical condition resulting from this want. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun] thirstc1000 dry1377 drought1393 thirstingc1500 drynessa1535 dryth1557 thirstiness1583 thirst-longing?1617 droughtiness1720 a spark in one's throat1721 α. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 192 Do þis wið magan bryne & þurste. c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 336 Win & beor eall to ecum þurste awend. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 He hefde þurst and hunger. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14602 Þatt maȝȝ þe slekkenn wel þin þirrst. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 75 He ne mai þolen hunger ne þirst ne oðer pine. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 90 He..menede as he bledde of þurst. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10176 Þey deyde for hunger & þirst. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 139 He soffreþ and honger an þorst. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 19 He dronke at eche diche ar he for thurste deyde. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2810 Feynt & pal for hungre & for þerst. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/2 Thyrste, or thryste, sitis. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xiii. 34 They ouercome theyre enemyes more by thurst than by armes. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.ii Y^t may suffre & endure grete labours, watchynge, pouerte, thurst, hungre, colde, & hete. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 110 Let thy Goats..be..led to living Streams; to quench their Thirst . View more context for this quotation a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 89 The long thirst of Tantalus allay. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 232 Thirst belongs to humanity, everywhere, in all ages. β. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1615 & pinenn þær þin bodiȝ. a. Wiþþ chele. & þrisst. & hunngerr.c1220 Bestiary 320 He haueð ðrist.c1300 Harrow. Hell 50 (MS. E.) Seþþen haue y fond & wist Hot & cold, hunger & þrest.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxlii. 7 Slokyn my threst.c1375 XI Pains of Hell 156 in Old Eng. Misc. 215 Þai schil haue hongir and þrust wereeuer þai gon.a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 2791 Beues hadde þanne swich þrast.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 30 Þai made murmuracion agaynes him by cause of thrist.c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 147 Be þe weye thedyrward, he hadde thrust.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 163 Soyf, thrust.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 219 Vter drank for to cuill his thrist.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R4 Him..that..Will die for thrist, and water doth refuse.γ. 13.. S. Eng. Leg. in Herrig Archiv LXXXII. 395/68 For drede of gret hongir & ferst.c1325 Song of Mercy 53 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 120 Ne neuer my furst ne woldestou slake.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 269 He brende for first [v.r. vurste]. †b. (See quot. 1736) dialect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of pigs > [noun] swine-sought?c1475 water-gall1582 measles1587 swinepox1587 gargarism1607 measlesa1637 rangen1688 milt-pain1704 choler1729 hog pox1730 gall1736 thirst1736 cholera1837 black tooth1851 hog plague1858 swine plague1863 purple1867 swine fever1877 soldier disease1878 soldier1882 swine erysipelas1887 Aujeszky's disease1906 swine flu1919 swine influenza1920 African swine fever1935 baby pig disease1941 swine vesicular disease1972 SVD1973 1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 435 Swine..are subject to a Distemper which is called the Thirst, or Lungs, according to some Farmers. c. Short for thirst-land n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless droughta1000 dryheada1300 drynessa1398 carbuncle1577 jornada1828 thirst-land1878 dry land1893 thirst-country1895 thirst1906 dry1909 dust-bowl1936 1906 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 394/2 Getting a span of oxen through the long ‘thirsts’, as the waterless stretches of road are expressively called. 2. figurative. A vehement desire (of (archaic), for, after something, to do something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] > craving thirstc1175 hungriness1530 dropsy1548 hunger1548 hungriousness1549 appetite1605 hungering1638 bulimia1639 craving1692 letch1796 crave1830 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5688 All hiss hunngerr. & hiss þrisst Shall ben þurrh drihhtin sleckedd. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. met. ii The more ay brenneth in Hem the thurst of hauynge. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 219 Thi thrust to shedde mans blode was neuer wery. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 122 To quenche of slepe the thrust. 1554 J. Knox Faythfull Admon. sig. D6 An earnest thrist..of your saluacion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 23 Not in thirst for Reuenge. View more context for this quotation 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. i. 2 Those infinite thirsts after truth. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 83. ⁋1 That thirst after curiosities, which often draws contempt and ridicule upon itself. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso iv. 121 Our mind can satisfy her thirst to know. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 53 The more lofty-minded..despise the thirst of gold. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 657 It may be distinctly traced..either to thirst for money or to thirst for blood. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) xxxi. 296 In his thirst for knowledge he was in the habit of studying every sect. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. thirst-fever n. thirst-longing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun] thirstc1000 dry1377 drought1393 thirstingc1500 drynessa1535 dryth1557 thirstiness1583 thirst-longing?1617 droughtiness1720 a spark in one's throat1721 ?1617 T. Campion 3rd & 4th Bk. Ayres iv. ix. sig. I A heate I finde, Like thirst longing, that doth bide..Where they say my heart doth moue. thirst-quencher n. ΚΠ 1908 Daily Chron. 3 Jan. 3/6 He prefers pure water as a thirst-quencher. b. thirst-abating adj. ΚΠ 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 63 The Root For Thirst-abating Sweetness prais'd. thirst-creating adj. ΚΠ 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 225 The riotous abuse, Thy thirst-creating steams at length produce. thirst-inducing adj. ΚΠ 1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 49 These cows had just finished their thirst-inducing meal. thirst-mad adj. ΚΠ 1969 G. MacBeth War Quartet 68 They..lived As beasts, thirst-mad. thirst-making adj. ΚΠ 1952 J. Cannan Body in Beck ii. 41 Will you excuse me if I beetle through for another pint?.. That's a thirst-making rock if ever there was one. thirst-quenching adj. ΚΠ 1895 Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/2 This orange wine is most refreshing and thirst-quenching. thirst-scorched adj. ΚΠ 1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 443 In view of the thirst-scorched seamen. thirst-tormented adj. C2. thirst-country n. = thirst-land n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless droughta1000 dryheada1300 drynessa1398 carbuncle1577 jornada1828 thirst-land1878 dry land1893 thirst-country1895 thirst1906 dry1909 dust-bowl1936 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 116 If you are in a Thirst country, you take, of course, a water-bottle. thirst-land n. a waterless tract of country, spec. in South Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless droughta1000 dryheada1300 drynessa1398 carbuncle1577 jornada1828 thirst-land1878 dry land1893 thirst-country1895 thirst1906 dry1909 dust-bowl1936 1878 P. Gillmore (title) The great thirstland: a trek through Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State and the Kalahari Desert. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 532/1 The region of extinct lakes and inland seas of Southern Nevada and South-eastern California is the great thirstland of the continent. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 124 We entered the great forest Thirstland... In this expanse of some hundred square miles there is but one water-hole. 1908 J. Wells Stewart of Lovedale xviii. 182 Without crossing the Karoo and great Thirst-land of Unbelief. thirst-serpent n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake deaf addereOE adderOE aspidec1000 shadow-addera1382 chelydre1393 tyre1471 viper1526 seps?1527 aspic1530 thirsty snake1567 aspworm1587 cheliderect?1590 viper-worm1605 palmer-serpent1608 polonga1681 asp1710 thirst-serpent1731 venom-snake1845 thanatophidian1891 solenoglyph1913 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 165 The Dipsas or Thirst-Serpent is so call'd from its bite causing a burning thirst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). thirstv. Brit. /θəːst/, U.S. /θərst/ Forms: α. Old English ð-, þyrst, Middle English þirst-, Middle English þurst- (ü), (Middle English furst-), Middle English–1500s thurst-, Middle English–1500s thyrst-, Middle English– thirst. β. Middle English þryst-, þrist-, þrest-, Middle English–1500s thrust-, Middle English thryst-, Middle English–1500s threst-, thrist-. Etymology: Old English þyrstan , < þurst thirst n. Compare Old Saxon thurstian (Dutch dorsten), Old High German dursten (German dürsten), Old Norse þyrsta (Swedish törsta, Danish törste). †1. impersonal as in me thirsteth, ‘it thirsts me’, I am thirsty. (In Old English with accusative of person and genitive of thing, or with dative of person.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > be thirsty [verb (impersonal)] me thirstethc897 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care ii. 30 Ðeah ðæt folc ðyrste ðære lare. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 28 Þa cwæð he, me þyrst. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 194 Þa men ne þyrst. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14603 Ȝiff þatt iss þatt te þirrsteþþ. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Hire þurst swiðe. a1300 Cursor Mundi 23085 Me thristed sare, drinc yee me broght. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 49 So thursted hym, that he Was wel ny lorn. c1440 York Myst. xxxvi. 221 A! me thristis sare. 2. intransitive. To feel or suffer thirst; to be thirsty. Also transferred, e.g of parched ground or plants. Somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > be thirsty [verb (intransitive)] thirstc950 dry1362 sitiate1599 to have a cobweb in the throat1844 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xix. 28 Cuoeð ic ðyrsto. c975 Rushw. Gosp. John iv. 14 Seðe wutudlice drinceð of wætre dæt ic selo him ne ðyrstet in ecnisse. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5771 I thrested, and yhe me na drynk bedde. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. iv. 11 We hungren, and thirsten, and ben nakid. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xliv Euerich beeste with lunges þrusteþ moche. 14.. Lybeaus Disc. (1890) 1426 Sir Libeaus þursted sore And seide..To drinke let me go. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 757/1 I Thrust, I want drinke. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 151 You shall geue them water as oft as they thyrst. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 1 Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. View more context for this quotation 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver v. 30 Keepe thy Land rather in a thirsting condition. 1770 J. Wesley Jrnl. 26 June They drank in the words of life, just as the thirsting earth the showers. 1820 P. B. Shelley Cloud in Prometheus Unbound 196 I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxviii. 79 Bloodless of high sacrifice, Now thirsts each desolate altar! 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 319 The thirsty one, in that he thirsts, desires only drink. 3. figurative. To have a longing, craving, or strong desire. Const. in Old English with gen., = of; later after, for (†to) something, to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)] thirstc893 forlongc1175 longc1225 alonga1393 greena1400 suspirec1450 earnc1460 to think long?1461 sigh1549 groanc1560 hank1589 twitter1616 linger1630 hanker1642 to hang a nose1655 hangc1672 yammer1705 yen1919 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. §10 Þu þe þyrstende wære monnes blodes. 1388 J. Wyclif Psalms lxii. 2 [lxiii. 1] Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold. 1419 in Sharpe Lond. & Kingd. (1894–5) III. 363 Your poure lieges þat have loong thrusted after knowlech of your prosperite. c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha 87 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 360 Scho thristyt..for til cume til hewynnis kyng. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxv^v The Frenche nacion..thrusted for the blood..of the poore Brytones. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 99 The Turkish Emperor..thirsting to open a way into Moscouie. 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 119 It is not necessary to teach men to thirst after power. 1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 56 I entered, thirsting for the shade which it promised. †4. transitive. To desire vehemently; to long for. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)] > crave thirstc950 hungerc1000 becravea1325 cravea1400 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. v. 6 Eadge biðon ða ðe hyncgrað & ðyrstas soðfæstnisse. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 6 Eadige synt þa ðe rihtwisnesse hingriað & þyrstað. c1050 Liber Scintill. x. 49. a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 506 Erthly kyngis þat threstis mannys blode. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. v. 6 Blessid be thei that hungren and thristen riȝtwisnesse, for thei shuln ben fulfillid. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 471 Ye thruste golde..and couette honoure. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man To Rdr. f. xx^v Sufficient vnto them that thirst the trueth. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. iv. 11 Wicked men, that thursted the blud of all the senate. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 405 He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Derivatives † ˈthirsted adj. Obsolete longed for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective] > longed for longed1572 thirsted?1611 suspireda1639 yearned1797 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 277 His bright and sparkling eyes..sought through all that prise The next way to his thirsted life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000v.c893
随便看	marker flag marker horizon marker light marker pen marker-off markeroff markers market market basket market beater market behaviour market bell market boat market boy market capitalism market capitalization market cart market clearing market clock market coin market cross market custom market dasher market day market dealer