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Thirsty People Feel Drink Man Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英

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]
  • If a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often...

    婴儿要是渴了,就会吃得更频繁。

  • Drink whenever you feel thirsty during exercise.

    运动过程中渴了就喝点水。

thirstily
  • The child nodded, drinking her milk thirstily.

    那个孩子边大口地喝着牛奶边点了点头。

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 for n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.

    人们应该理解他们复仇的愿望是多么强烈。

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