hun·gry
adjective/ˈhʌŋɡri/
/ˈhʌŋɡri/
(comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)
- feeling that you want to eat something
感到饿的 - I'm really hungry.
我饿极了。 - She wasn't feeling very hungry.
她感觉不太饿。 - Is anyone getting hungry?
有人觉得饿吗？ - All this talk of food is making me hungry.
老这么谈吃的勾起我的食欲了。 - There were eight hungry mouths (= hungry people) to feed at home.
家里有八张饥饿的嘴等着吃饭。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1- We were all ravenously hungry after the walk.
我们散步之后都饿得要命。 - I have a hungry family to feed.
我有一个饥饿的家庭需要养活。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- go
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- I'm really hungry.
- not having enough food to eat
饥饿的；挨饿的 - Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.
由于今年粮食歉收，成千上万的人将挨饿。 - Over 850 million people worldwide are hungry.
全球有超过 8.5 亿人处于饥饿状态。 - There are tens of thousands of hungry children in this country.
这个国家有数以万计的饥饿儿童。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- go
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.
- the hungrynoun [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat
（统称）饥民 - [only before noun] causing you to feel that you want to eat something
使人饥饿的；引起食欲的 - All this gardening is hungry work.
这些园艺活儿让人干了肚子饿。
- All this gardening is hungry work.
- having or showing a strong desire for something
渴望得到；渴求 - power-hungry corporations
渴求权力的公司 - hungry for something Both parties are hungry for power.
两党都渴望掌权。 - The child is simply hungry for affection.
这个孩子只不过是渴望得到爱。 - We like to use small agencies that are hungry for our business.
我们希望起用渴望得到我们业务的小型代理公司。 - hungry to do something Every day they come to school hungry to learn.
每天他们都如饥似渴地来学校学习。 - His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.
他的目光里有一种强烈渴望的神情。
- power-hungry corporations
Word OriginOld English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.