hanker

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhankerhan‧ker /ˈhæŋkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] WANTto have a strong desire for somethinghanker after/for She hankered for a new life in a different country. holidaymakers who hanker after the sunhanker to do something I've been hankering to visit my father's birthplace for many years.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushanker• At the age of four, she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books.• By the time the three-quarters mark of the set screeches past, you're almost hankering after some form of relief.• I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after.• All very contemporary, but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement.• Or how about the faint chirp prodding you to invent an ugly doll with a hankering for tickles?Origin hanker (1600-1700) Probably from Flemish hankeren, from hangen “to hang”

单词	hanker
释义	hanker From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhankerhan‧ker /ˈhæŋkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] WANTto have a strong desire for somethinghanker after/for She hankered for a new life in a different country. holidaymakers who hanker after the sunhanker to do something I've been hankering to visit my father's birthplace for many years.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushanker• At the age of four, she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books.• By the time the three-quarters mark of the set screeches past, you're almost hankering after some form of relief.• I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after.• All very contemporary, but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement.• Or how about the faint chirp prodding you to invent an ugly doll with a hankering for tickles?Origin hanker (1600-1700) Probably from Flemish hankeren, from hangen “to hang”
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