| 单词 | hanker |
| 释义 | hanker (once / 3474 pages) v To hanker for something is to crave it, or really want it. On a hot, sunny afternoon, you might hanker for a tall glass of sweet iced tea. People often hanker for relatively meaningless things, like chocolate cake or a nap or a new pair of shoes, but you can also hanker after more important things, like a long-lost friend or a new job. If you long for it, you hanker for it. The word's origin is a little fuzzy, but one good guess traces it to the Middle Dutch hangen, "to hang," from the idea of "hanging around" or "lingering." WORD FAMILYhanker: hankered, hankering, hankers+/hankering: hankerings USAGE EXAMPLESBut for those who hanker for the artisanal, handmade timepieces will always hold a special appeal. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) An aircraft accident investigation driven not by experts, but by a group of the bereaved and an amateur American sleuth who hankers for the truth. BBC(Dec 09, 2016) Still hankering to understand what happened in the election that shocked the news media, the pundits and much of America? New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) v desire strongly or persistently Syn|Hypo|Hyper long, yearn ache, languish, pine, yearn, yen have a desire for something or someone who is not present dielanguish as with love or desire desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly |
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