| 单词 | hungry |
| 释义 | hungry (once / 178 pages) adj Are you hungry? If your stomach is growling, you're probably hungry, which is how you’d describe that uncomfortable feeling in your gut when you go too long without eating food. Feeling hungry is a gnawing sensation that can be fixed by eating something. For some people, getting food isn’t so easy, and you’ll see poor folk on the street with a hungry look in their eyes. If your hunger has a particular food in mind, you could say that you are "hungry for” that food, like being hungry for macaroni right after seeing a commercial about macaroni. WORD FAMILYhungry: hungrier, hungriest, hungrily, hungriness+/hunger: hungered, hungering, hungers, hungry USAGE EXAMPLESSo, hopefully, a lot of guys will be a lot more hungry.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Billboards, TV and radio adverts all portrayed him as the face of a state hungry for success and growth. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “We were very hungry,” said Oritz, who moved in November. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food a world full of hungry people Syn|Ant empty, empty-bellied needing nourishment esurient, famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starvedextremely hungry peckishsomewhat hungry supperlesswithout supper thirsty feeling a need or desire to drink 2adj (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous hungry for recognition Syn athirst, thirsty desirous, wishful having or expressing desire for something |
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