词组 | hungry |
释义 | hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ adjective 1. wanting to eat something, or ill because of lack of foodverbsbe/feel hungry I'm hungry – can we stop for a meal?get hungry (=become hungry) If you get hungry, there’s some salad in the fridge.go hungry (=not get anything to eat) Life was not easy and we often went hungry.adverbsalways/constantly hungry We were always hungry in wartime.desperately hungry The people are desperately hungry and they need our help.nounshungry children/people Each week, 210,000 hungry people die from lack of food.THESAURUS: hungrywanting to eat starving/ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ also starved AmE spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving. | Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school. famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: Everyone was famished by the time they reached the hotel. peckish BrE informal a little hungry: I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge? I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: “Are you hungry?” “Yeah, I could eat a horse.”ill because of lack of food starving not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food: Because of the drought, millions of people were starving. | the starving refugees from the war malnourished formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: According to the report, one fifth of the world’s population are malnourished. | malnourished infants2. wanting something very muchGrammarIn this meaning, you usually say hungry for sth.phraseshungry for success/victory/power/profit He has been training hard and is hungry for success.hungry for news/information/knowledge The media are hungry for news about the royal family.hungry for love/affection The little boy was hungry for love.hungry for justice/revenge The team will be hungry for revenge on Saturday. |
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