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| /ˈhʌŋgri/ |
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| 1 | feeling that you want to eat 感到饿的；饥饿的 |
| We were cold, tired, and hungry. 我们又冷，又累，又饿。 |
| She was beginning to feel hungry again. 她又开始觉得饿了。 |
| | 1a | without the food you need to stay strong and healthy （因缺乏食物而）饥饿的 | | Hungry children search for food in the streets. 饥饿的儿童在大街上寻找食物。 | | go hungry If crops are destroyed, thousands may go hungry. 如果庄稼被毁，许多人就将挨饿。 | |
| | 1b | the people in the world who do not have enough to eat 饥民；挨饿的人 | |
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| 2 | wanting something or wanting to do something very much 热望的；渴望的 |
| a hungry young actor 渴望成名的青年演员 |
| +for People are hungry for news. 人们渴望得到消息。 |
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| - | hungry eyes/lips/mouth mainly literary
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| eyeslipsa mouth that express strong sexual feelings |
| 欲火中烧的双眼/双唇/嘴 |
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| - | a hungry mouth (to feed)
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| someone who is depending on you to provide food |
| 待供养的人；嗷嗷待哺的人 |
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| There were three hungry mouths to feed at home. 家里有3口人等着养活。 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| hungrily adv |
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| Other ways of saying : hungry | | | | | | hungry的其他表达方式 | | | | peckish quite hungry: used especially to talk about feeling hungry when it is not a mealtime有些饿的（尤指未到吃饭时间就觉得饿）: I often start to feel a bit peckish around mid-morning.我经常在上午10点左右开始觉得有点饿。 | | starving or starved (informal) very hungry and wanting to eat immediately饿坏了: Have you got any bread? I’ m starving!你有面包吗？我饿坏了！ | | ravenous extremely hungry, especially because you have not eaten for a long time or you have been doing a lot of physical work饿极了的（尤指因很久未进食或进行了长时间的体力劳动）: The children are always ravenous after swimming practice.游泳后孩子们总是非常饿。 | | famished extremely hungry, especially because you have not eaten for a long time非常饥饿的（尤指因很久未进食）: Can we order now? I’ m famished.现在我们可以点菜了吗？我饿极了。 | | | |
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