单词 | hunger |
释义 | hunger n. & v. --n   1. a feeling of pain or discomfort, or (in extremes) an exhausted condition, caused by lack of food.   2. (often foll. by for, after) a strong desire. --vintr.   1. (often foll. by for, after) have a craving or strong desire.   2. feel hunger. Phrases and idioms hunger march a march undertaken by a body of unemployed etc. to call attention to their condition. hunger marcher a person who goes on a hunger march. hunger strike the refusal of food as a form of protest, esp. by prisoners. hunger striker a person who takes part in a hunger strike. Etymology: OE hungor, hyngran f. Gmc |
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