peckish
adjective
UKuk/ˈpek.ɪʃ/us/ˈpek.ɪʃ/slightlyhungry:
微饿的By ten o'clock I wasfeelingpeckish,eventhough I'd had alargebreakfast.到10点钟时我就感到有些饿了,尽管我早饭吃得很多。
wanting or needing food
- hungryBy dinner time we all felt really hungry.
- starvingIs there anything to eat? I'm starving!
- starvedUSHe ate so quickly, like he was starved.
- famishedAfter that long workout, I'm absolutely famished.
- ravenousHe's going through a growth spurt, so he's just ravenous.
Hungry & thirsty
- anti-hunger
- appetite
- be gaspingidiom
- cannibalism
- eat
- food poverty
- gasp
- hunger
- hunger striker
- hungrily
- hungry
- parched
- smackyourlipsidiom
- starvation
- starved
- thirst
- thirstily
- thirsty
- underfed
- undernourished