| 英语单词 | thirsty |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['θɜːsti] 美 ['θɜːrsti] |
| 中文释义 | adj.口渴的;渴望的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He was thirsty for power. (2) The thirsty man craved for water. (3) Young man should be thirsty for knowledge. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他渴望拥有权力。 (2) 那个囗渴的人渴喝水。 (3) 青年人应该渴望知识。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you're thirty, you crave liquids. Thirsty people want a drink. |
| vocabulary扩展 | To be thirsty is to feel like you need to drink something. People tend to get more thirsty on very hot days or during exercise, when a lot of their body's fluid is being sweated out. Eating can also make you thirsty, and so can waking up in the morning. The word thirsty comes from the Proto-Indo-European root ters, or "dry." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]渴的;干渴的 If you are thirsty, you feel a need to drink something. [usu v-link ADJ]
thirstily
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]渴望的;渴求的 If you are thirsty for something, you have a strong desire for it. [v-link ADJ [LITERARY 文]
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