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Definition of thirsty in English: thirstyadjectivethirstier, thirstiest ˈθəːstiˈθərsti 1Feeling a need to drink. 渴的，口干的 the Guides were hot and thirsty 女童子军觉得又热又渴。 Example sentencesExamples - However, remembering to eat when you are hungry, and drink when thirsty is essential.
- Do not wait till you feel thirsty to drink water because by then you'd already be low in fluids.
- By sunset I am so thirsty that I could actually drink sea water.
- He was not really tired, just a little thirsty.
- Lately I've been really thirsty and I can't seem to quench it.
- It was a recent Friday in July and I was on my way to the store to get something to drink because I was thirsty.
- I wander back to my room, still bored and now a bit thirsty.
- Even though my lunch had been a drink I was still thirsty.
- She drew greedily on the straw, only then realizing just how thirsty she was.
- Allie accepted the gift gratefully, realizing now how thirsty she really was.
- She was as good as could be except she was a little achy and extremely thirsty.
- Since carbohydrates require water to make new muscle glycogen, many people assume that they have to drink like a thirsty camel to make glycogen.
- For instance, drinking when thirsty gives a kinetic pleasure; the pleasure is in the process of quenching thirst.
- I heard once, from a bloke in an extremely loud bar, that the reason these places turn up the music is because it gets your adrenalin going, and that makes you thirsty and so you drink more.
- Becoming extremely thirsty, he left halfway through the period to search out a soda machine.
- I had not realized how thirsty I was until he gave me that.
- I was very thirsty, a sign I'm about to faint.
- I wasn't thirsty, but I drank a couple of mugfuls which went straight through me.
- Such patients will often benefit from being given ‘permission’ by their physician to just drink when they are thirsty.
- I found it made me incredibly thirsty and ended up drinking buckets of water.
Synonyms longing for a drink, in need of a drink, dry, dehydrated informal parched, gasping British informal spitting feathers Australian/New Zealand informal spitting chips rare athirst, thirstful, droughty, sitient - 1.1 (of land or plants) in need of water; dry or parched.
（土地、植物或皮肤）干旱的；缺水的，干枯的，干透的 the earth was dry and thirsty encouragement is as water to a thirsty plant Example sentencesExamples - Cool breezes bring instant relief as the thirsty land absorbs the falling rain.
- The path broadened until we could stride out, dropping down into Portela and the thirsty lowlands, our heads and shoulders still pearled with mountain water.
- Herds of zebras and giraffes search for water on a thirsty continent.
- Over time, the saved water percolated upward through capillary action toward plants' thirsty roots.
- It falls on the dry earth, on the thirsty plants, on our thirsty skin, and we come back to life.
- If the rain patchy you might still need to water your really thirsty plants but definitely leave the lavender alone.
- It left a small wet spot, and the fabric soaked up the salty moisture like thirsty crops after a drought taking in a welcome rain.
- To reach every thirsty plant, water needs to flow through these hoses, called drip tape, at the correct pressure.
- It was pleasant, even if the paint was beginning to flake at the edges and the plants seemed dry and thirsty.
- Every inch of thirsty land was soaked by the precious rain, the crops were saved and so was people's livestock.
Synonyms dry, arid, dried up/out, as dry as a bone, parched, baked, desiccated, waterless, moistureless rare droughty - 1.2 (of an engine, plant, or crop) consuming a lot of fuel or water.
（引擎、植物或庄稼）耗油的；需水量大的 a huge thirsty 5.3-litre engine farmers still grow thirsty crops like rice and alfalfa Example sentencesExamples - Ian takes a look at cotton - a crop that's as thirsty as it can be lucrative.
- The water debate is often limited to difficult arguments about agricultural irrigation in the Murray-Darling basin and the future of thirsty crops like cotton and rice.
- Symons stresses that no eucalyptus trees are planted as they drain the soil of water, being very thirsty trees.
- Thunder and lightning, therefore, could be viewed either as the voice of the vengeful prophet chasing demons or as the precursor of rain for thirsty crops.
- Rotary engines have a reputation for being thirsty, dirty and difficult to maintain.
- It is powerful, unsurprisingly so given the size of that thirsty engine, handles reasonably well and does so in comfort.
- They have highly invasive root systems, and are very thirsty trees.
- The dry half of the year may not suit some thirsty plants.
- This is exactly the kind of model dealers will be looking to get rid of, with its relatively thirsty petrol engine, and auto box.
- The early rotary engines were well known for being thirsty and wearing out the seals on the rotary piston.
- This was a thirsty but high value crop, which only required about a third of the farm area to be used.
- Sink plastic bottles next to thirsty plants such as squash and tomatoes - pour the water into the bottles and it should get straight to the plants' roots rather than draining away.
- Tracked or wheeled, land platforms are thirsty machines.
- And, presumably, everyone knows that you don't plant thirsty trees too close to your house because it might cause the foundations to sink.
- Keep in mind that fall planters do not require as much water as thirsty summer container plants, whereas summer soils need to be lighter, yet able to hold moisture.
- They were however a bit thirsty as far as fuel was concerned due to their 4 giant 4125 kilowatt motors, and never reached production.
- Newly irrigated lands are often used to grow thirsty cash crops instead of traditional staples for direct consumption, leaving farming families at the mercy of the global market.
- It's perfect country for cotton, except it doesn't rain much here, these rivers rarely flow and cotton is a very thirsty crop.
- The price of such impressive performance, however, is a very thirsty engine.
- Hostas are very thirsty plants, and get even thirstier in containers.
- 1.3informal attributive (of activity, weather, or a time) causing thirst.
〈非正式〉（活动、天气或时段）使人口渴的 modelling is thirsty work 铸模是使人口渴的活儿。 Example sentencesExamples - It's thirsty work being outside in the cold, dry Antarctic environment, so in the evenings the Davis Station bar is packed.
- Charcoal making was probably thirsty work: little streams run down the woods from springs and seepages.
- It was hard, long and thirsty work but we eventually came up with a short but, we feel, worthy list.
- Well, generating all that hot air is thirsty work, and the weekend's here!
- Boarding houses and bars were constructed for their accommodation and refreshment, for quarrying is thirsty work.
- What they don't mention is that studying the Talmud is thirsty work.
- Running about is thirsty work, so always take a bottle of water with you when you go out.
- Watching the action, even if it is on a giant screen, makes for thirsty work.
- It was thirsty work, and the queues for the bar were a dozen deep at half-time.
- The choir went straight to the bar as soon as we arrived (well singing is very thirsty work) while the other guests sipped coffee.
- All this was hot and thirsty work which meant the haytimers needed plenty to eat and drink.
- All this was hot and thirsty work and I remember a farmer in our parish who said he always gave his workers stout to drink as he believed it to be most refreshing.
- All of this singing, playing and dancing is thirsty work and, at midnight, proceedings cease for the traditional cup of tea.
- The business of building an second media empire from scratch is thirsty work.
- And after all the thirsty work of trawling the streets for entertainment or acquisitions you can always drop into one of the town's many pubs which really come into their own at this time of year.
- A hot day over a soldering copper is thirsty work, which the tinsmiths were able to remedy.
- The walk along the beach from Newport to Balboa was thirsty work.
2Having or showing a strong desire for something. 渴望的，渴求的 Joe was as thirsty for scandal as anyone else 乔和其他任何人一样，对丑闻十分热衷。 Example sentencesExamples - And when people see Christ in us, they become that much more hungry and thirsty for his kingdom in their hearts.
- The Scottish elite was still thirsty for images and acquired them through networks in Paris and Amsterdam.
- I zipped through them in a matter of days, and found that I was thirsty for more young adult fiction.
- As evidenced at recent shows, wine-themed art has exploded in popularity and has collectors thirsty for more
- She listened with an eager ear, thirsty for knowledge of a life better than her own.
- Many adults, including your staff, will be thirsty for information.
- By 11 p.m. the dance floor is filled with young expatriates thirsty for a reminder of what they left behind.
- The jaunty works, populated by animals, have a lot to say to an audience thirsty for fun and a dark subtext.
- Wary of ideas, thirsty for direct experience of God, people are drawn to the movement's certainty, its irrepressible spirit, its joy.
- People were thirsty for any link to the outside world.
- If you're thirsty for a fresh new rock album, this is the one!
- Is the church really hungry and thirsty for Christ and his glory - or is it just paying lip service to the idea?
- People want to own music, they are thirsty for it.
- All of us, at some time, have been poor in spirit or have been hungry and thirsty for righteousness.
- This urgent need was that of an expired era thirsty for renewal; the Middle Ages anticipating the Renaissance and, perhaps, Modernity.
- The nation is thirsty for participatory democracy - this much, at least, is clear.
- The people were terribly thirsty for every bit of information they could get.
- As someone thirsty for knowledge it's no surprise he is of a mind to pass it on.
- An enormous vacuum occurred 10 years ago when the Soviet Union crumbled, leaving millions of people thirsty for spiritual things.
- When he was elected people were so hungry and thirsty for change, he could have done anything.
Synonyms eager, hungry, greedy, thirsting, consumed with desire, avid, craving, longing, yearning, lusting, burning, desirous, hankering, itching informal dying
Definition of thirsty in US English: thirstyadjectiveˈθərstiˈTHərstē 1Feeling a need to drink something. 渴的，口干的 the hikers were hot and thirsty 女童子军觉得又热又渴。 Example sentencesExamples - She was as good as could be except she was a little achy and extremely thirsty.
- For instance, drinking when thirsty gives a kinetic pleasure; the pleasure is in the process of quenching thirst.
- Becoming extremely thirsty, he left halfway through the period to search out a soda machine.
- It was a recent Friday in July and I was on my way to the store to get something to drink because I was thirsty.
- Lately I've been really thirsty and I can't seem to quench it.
- He was not really tired, just a little thirsty.
- Even though my lunch had been a drink I was still thirsty.
- However, remembering to eat when you are hungry, and drink when thirsty is essential.
- Do not wait till you feel thirsty to drink water because by then you'd already be low in fluids.
- She drew greedily on the straw, only then realizing just how thirsty she was.
- Such patients will often benefit from being given ‘permission’ by their physician to just drink when they are thirsty.
- Allie accepted the gift gratefully, realizing now how thirsty she really was.
- I heard once, from a bloke in an extremely loud bar, that the reason these places turn up the music is because it gets your adrenalin going, and that makes you thirsty and so you drink more.
- I had not realized how thirsty I was until he gave me that.
- By sunset I am so thirsty that I could actually drink sea water.
- Since carbohydrates require water to make new muscle glycogen, many people assume that they have to drink like a thirsty camel to make glycogen.
- I wander back to my room, still bored and now a bit thirsty.
- I was very thirsty, a sign I'm about to faint.
- I found it made me incredibly thirsty and ended up drinking buckets of water.
- I wasn't thirsty, but I drank a couple of mugfuls which went straight through me.
Synonyms longing for a drink, in need of a drink, dry, dehydrated - 1.1 (of land, plants, or skin) in need of water: dry or parched.
（土地、植物或皮肤）干旱的；缺水的，干枯的，干透的 Example sentencesExamples - Every inch of thirsty land was soaked by the precious rain, the crops were saved and so was people's livestock.
- To reach every thirsty plant, water needs to flow through these hoses, called drip tape, at the correct pressure.
- The path broadened until we could stride out, dropping down into Portela and the thirsty lowlands, our heads and shoulders still pearled with mountain water.
- It was pleasant, even if the paint was beginning to flake at the edges and the plants seemed dry and thirsty.
- Over time, the saved water percolated upward through capillary action toward plants' thirsty roots.
- If the rain patchy you might still need to water your really thirsty plants but definitely leave the lavender alone.
- Herds of zebras and giraffes search for water on a thirsty continent.
- It left a small wet spot, and the fabric soaked up the salty moisture like thirsty crops after a drought taking in a welcome rain.
- It falls on the dry earth, on the thirsty plants, on our thirsty skin, and we come back to life.
- Cool breezes bring instant relief as the thirsty land absorbs the falling rain.
Synonyms dry, arid, dried out, dried up, as dry as a bone, parched, baked, desiccated, waterless, moistureless - 1.2 (of an engine, plant, or crop) consuming a lot of fuel or water.
（引擎、植物或庄稼）耗油的；需水量大的 Example sentencesExamples - The price of such impressive performance, however, is a very thirsty engine.
- Hostas are very thirsty plants, and get even thirstier in containers.
- It's perfect country for cotton, except it doesn't rain much here, these rivers rarely flow and cotton is a very thirsty crop.
- Symons stresses that no eucalyptus trees are planted as they drain the soil of water, being very thirsty trees.
- They have highly invasive root systems, and are very thirsty trees.
- Thunder and lightning, therefore, could be viewed either as the voice of the vengeful prophet chasing demons or as the precursor of rain for thirsty crops.
- And, presumably, everyone knows that you don't plant thirsty trees too close to your house because it might cause the foundations to sink.
- The early rotary engines were well known for being thirsty and wearing out the seals on the rotary piston.
- Ian takes a look at cotton - a crop that's as thirsty as it can be lucrative.
- Newly irrigated lands are often used to grow thirsty cash crops instead of traditional staples for direct consumption, leaving farming families at the mercy of the global market.
- This is exactly the kind of model dealers will be looking to get rid of, with its relatively thirsty petrol engine, and auto box.
- Rotary engines have a reputation for being thirsty, dirty and difficult to maintain.
- Keep in mind that fall planters do not require as much water as thirsty summer container plants, whereas summer soils need to be lighter, yet able to hold moisture.
- Sink plastic bottles next to thirsty plants such as squash and tomatoes - pour the water into the bottles and it should get straight to the plants' roots rather than draining away.
- They were however a bit thirsty as far as fuel was concerned due to their 4 giant 4125 kilowatt motors, and never reached production.
- Tracked or wheeled, land platforms are thirsty machines.
- The dry half of the year may not suit some thirsty plants.
- It is powerful, unsurprisingly so given the size of that thirsty engine, handles reasonably well and does so in comfort.
- This was a thirsty but high value crop, which only required about a third of the farm area to be used.
- The water debate is often limited to difficult arguments about agricultural irrigation in the Murray-Darling basin and the future of thirsty crops like cotton and rice.
- 1.3 Having or showing a strong desire for something.
渴望的，渴求的 Jake was as thirsty for scandal as anyone else 乔和其他任何人一样，对丑闻十分热衷。 Example sentencesExamples - Many adults, including your staff, will be thirsty for information.
- The people were terribly thirsty for every bit of information they could get.
- Wary of ideas, thirsty for direct experience of God, people are drawn to the movement's certainty, its irrepressible spirit, its joy.
- By 11 p.m. the dance floor is filled with young expatriates thirsty for a reminder of what they left behind.
- If you're thirsty for a fresh new rock album, this is the one!
- And when people see Christ in us, they become that much more hungry and thirsty for his kingdom in their hearts.
- Is the church really hungry and thirsty for Christ and his glory - or is it just paying lip service to the idea?
- The Scottish elite was still thirsty for images and acquired them through networks in Paris and Amsterdam.
- This urgent need was that of an expired era thirsty for renewal; the Middle Ages anticipating the Renaissance and, perhaps, Modernity.
- All of us, at some time, have been poor in spirit or have been hungry and thirsty for righteousness.
- People were thirsty for any link to the outside world.
- The nation is thirsty for participatory democracy - this much, at least, is clear.
- An enormous vacuum occurred 10 years ago when the Soviet Union crumbled, leaving millions of people thirsty for spiritual things.
- As someone thirsty for knowledge it's no surprise he is of a mind to pass it on.
- She listened with an eager ear, thirsty for knowledge of a life better than her own.
- As evidenced at recent shows, wine-themed art has exploded in popularity and has collectors thirsty for more
- When he was elected people were so hungry and thirsty for change, he could have done anything.
- People want to own music, they are thirsty for it.
- I zipped through them in a matter of days, and found that I was thirsty for more young adult fiction.
- The jaunty works, populated by animals, have a lot to say to an audience thirsty for fun and a dark subtext.
Synonyms eager, hungry, greedy, thirsting, consumed with desire, avid, craving, longing, yearning, lusting, burning, desirous, hankering, itching - 1.4informal attributive (of activity, weather, or a time) causing the feeling of a need to drink something.
〈非正式〉（活动、天气或时段）使人口渴的 铸模是使人口渴的活儿。 Example sentencesExamples - Watching the action, even if it is on a giant screen, makes for thirsty work.
- The business of building an second media empire from scratch is thirsty work.
- A hot day over a soldering copper is thirsty work, which the tinsmiths were able to remedy.
- It's thirsty work being outside in the cold, dry Antarctic environment, so in the evenings the Davis Station bar is packed.
- Well, generating all that hot air is thirsty work, and the weekend's here!
- Boarding houses and bars were constructed for their accommodation and refreshment, for quarrying is thirsty work.
- Charcoal making was probably thirsty work: little streams run down the woods from springs and seepages.
- The walk along the beach from Newport to Balboa was thirsty work.
- All of this singing, playing and dancing is thirsty work and, at midnight, proceedings cease for the traditional cup of tea.
- Running about is thirsty work, so always take a bottle of water with you when you go out.
- All this was hot and thirsty work and I remember a farmer in our parish who said he always gave his workers stout to drink as he believed it to be most refreshing.
- It was thirsty work, and the queues for the bar were a dozen deep at half-time.
- All this was hot and thirsty work which meant the haytimers needed plenty to eat and drink.
- The choir went straight to the bar as soon as we arrived (well singing is very thirsty work) while the other guests sipped coffee.
- And after all the thirsty work of trawling the streets for entertainment or acquisitions you can always drop into one of the town's many pubs which really come into their own at this time of year.
- It was hard, long and thirsty work but we eventually came up with a short but, we feel, worthy list.
- What they don't mention is that studying the Talmud is thirsty work.
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