单词 | thirstily |
释义 | thirstilyadv. In a thirsty manner; with thirst. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [adverb] thirstily1549 adry1578 thirstingly1619 with (one's) tongue hanging out1897 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. ii. f. vv Not to be supped lothesomly, but gredily, yea and thrustily. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. v. sig. Ll3v Which she..had drunke vp thirstily. c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 230 A kinsman of his, who thirstily aspir'd at preferrment. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 39/2 From such Fountain he draws, diligently, thirstily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adv.1549 |
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