mass noun
1- a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something渴, 口渴：
they quenched their thirst with spring water.
他们喝泉水止渴。
1.1
- lack of the liquid needed to sustain life干渴, 缺水：
tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation.
成千上万的人死于饥饿和缺水。
1.2
- （一般作thirst for） poetic/literary a strong desire for something〈诗/文〉渴望, 渴求：
his thirst for knowledge was mainly academic.
他渴求的主要是学术方面的知识。
no obj.
1- archaic (of a person or animal) feel a need to drink something〈古〉（人, 动物）感到口渴, 想喝水。
1.1
- （一般作thirst for/after）poetic/literary have a strong desire for something〈 诗/文〉渴望, 渴求：
an opponent thirsting for revenge.
渴望复仇的对手。
词源
Old English thurst (noun)， thyrstan (verb)， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorst, dorsten and German Durst, dürsten.