thirst
thirst 英 [θɜ:st] 美 [θɜrst]
n. 渴望；口渴 vi. 渴望；口渴
进行时:thirsting 过去式:thirsted 过去分词:thirsted 第三人称单数:thirsts 名词复数:thirsts
- Thirst is the sensation of needing or wanting to drink something. Use the same word whether you're talking about your thirst for lemonade on a hot day or the dire thirst of someone lost in a desert without water.
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- n. 渴望；口渴
- vi. 渴望；口渴
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1. She woke up with a thirst and a headache.
她醒来后，感到头痛，口渴。
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2. Thousands are dying of thirst.
成千上万的人都干渴得奄奄一息。
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3. a thirst for knowledge
如饥似渴的求知欲
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4. She thirsted for power.
她渴望拥有权力。
- thirst (n.) Old English þurst, from Proto-Germanic *thurstu- (source also of Old Saxon thurst, Frisian torst, Dutch dorst, Old High German and German durst), from Proto-Germanic verbal stem *thurs- (source also of Gothic thaursjan, Old English thyrre), from PIE root *ters- "to dry." Figurative sense of "vehement desire" is attested from c. 1200.
- thirst (v.) Old English þyrstan "to thirst, thirst after," from the noun (see thirst (n.)); the figurative sense of the verb was present in Old English. Compare Old Saxon thurstian, Dutch dorsten, Old High German dursten, German dürsten, all verbs from nouns. Related: Thirsted; thirsting.
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