英语词汇“appetite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	appetite
释义	ap·pe·tite \ˈapəˌtīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English appetit, apetit, from Middle French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from appetitus, past participle of appetere to strive after, long for, from ad- + petere to go to, head for — more at feather 1. : a natural desire : one of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life; especially : the immediate desire to eat when food is present 2. a. : an inherent or habitual desire or propensity for gratification or satisfaction < an appetite for life, a robust reaching out to life — V.S.Pritchett > < an insatiable appetite > < appetite for the acquisition of more territory — A.J.Toynbee > b. : taste, liking, preference < a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite — R.L.Stevenson > < the cultural appetites of the time — J.D.Hart > c. obsolete : appetency 2 3. archaic : an object of desire < power being the natural appetite of princes — Jonathan Swift > Synonyms: see desire
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