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单词 hungry
释义 hun·gry
\ˈhəŋgrē, -gri, chiefly in substand speech -ŋr-, dial ˈhȯŋ-\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hungrig, from hungor hunger + -ig -y — more at hunger
1.
 a. : feeling hunger : feeling distress from lack of food : having a keen appetite
  < the hungry children trooped into the house >
 b. : marked by famine or lack of food
  < gloom reigned in the hungry countryside >
  < the hungry days of the great famine >
  < listen, Captain, this town is hungry — John Hersey >
 c. : reflecting or indicating hunger or keen appetite
  < stand at the row of pastries with a hungry look >
2. : having, reflecting, or characterized by an ardent desire or craving : longing eagerly : avid
 < hungry for affection >
 < with a kind of hungry fervor — Robertson Davies >
 < hungry for jobs and patronage — H.F.Wilkins >
— often used in combination
 < a land-hungry people >
 < the fuel-hungry East >
 < a trade-hungry nation >
3. : not rich or fertile : poor, barren
 < a hungry soil >
 < hungry ore >
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