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单词 hungry
释义
hungry
adjective
uk
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡri/us
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡri/

hungryadjective(NEEDING FOOD)

A1
wantingorneedingfood:
饥饿的
By four o'clock Ifelt/wasreally hungry.到4点钟的时候我觉得饿极了。
Thechildrenare always hungry when they gethomefromschool.孩子们放学回家时总是饥肠辘辘的。
There are too many hungrypeople(=peoplewithout enough toeat)in theworld.世界上有太多的人在挨饿。
She oftengoeshungry herself(= does noteat)so that herchildrencan have enough toeat.为了让孩子们有足够的吃的，她自己经常挨饿。
Digging thegardenis hungrywork(= makes youfeelhunger).在园子里挖地真是件让人容易饿的体力活儿。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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More examples
  • Ithinkit's asintowastefood, when so manypeoplein theworldare hungry.
  • I washopingthere'd be somefood- I'm abithungry.
  • Thekidskepton about how hungry they were, sotheirfathergave them somebiscuitstoshutthem up.
  • Thebabyhad afeedanhourago, so she can't be hungry.
  • Whenourcatis hungry, shestartsclawingat mylegs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hungry & thirsty
  • (I'm so hungry), I could eat a horseidiom
  • anti-hunger
  • appetite
  • be gaspingidiom
  • cannibalism
  • eat
  • food poverty
  • gasp
  • hunger
  • hunger striker
  • hungrily
  • parched
  • smackyourlipsidiom
  • starvation
  • starved
  • thirst
  • thirstily
  • thirsty
  • underfed
  • undernourished
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hungryadjective(WANTING)

C2
having astrongwishordesirefor something:
渴望的，想要的
She was so hungryforsuccessthat she'd do anything toachieveit.她如此地渴望成功，愿意为之做任何事。
Journalists were hungryfordetails.新闻记者非常渴望得知细节。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
  • ache forsomething
  • acquisitive
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • angle
  • angle forsomething
  • burn
  • fancy
  • hanker after/forsomething
  • haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/forsomething
  • pine
  • setyoursights onsomethingidiom
  • shook
  • sight
  • someone'sheart's desireidiom
  • straw
  • super-ambitious
  • tempt
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Related word

hungrily
-hungry
suffix
uk
/-hʌŋ.ɡri/us
/-hʌŋ.ɡri/
having astrongwishordesirefor thestatedthing:
渴望…的
power-hungrypoliticians权力欲极强的政客
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
  • ache forsomething
  • acquisitive
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • angle
  • angle forsomething
  • burn
  • fancy
  • hanker after/forsomething
  • haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/forsomething
  • pine
  • setyoursights onsomethingidiom
  • shook
  • sight
  • someone'sheart's desireidiom
  • straw
  • super-ambitious
  • tempt
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(Definition ofhungryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hungry| American Dictionary

hungry
adjective
us
/ˈhʌŋ·ɡri/

hungryadjective(NEEDING FOOD)

feelingthe need toeatbecause there has been aperiodoftimewhen you have noteaten:
Thechildrenare always hungry when they gethomefromschool.
They werepoorand often went tobedhungry(= did not get enough toeatatnight).

hungryadjective(EAGER)

having astrongdesire;eager:
Kim is so hungry forsuccessthat she’ll do anything toachieveit.
(Definition ofhungryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

-hungry| Business English

-hungry
suffix
having agreatneed orwishfor thestatedthing:
capital-/cash-/money-hungry
energy-/power-hungryThe energy-hungrytransportationsectorwasweak.
Many ofitsinvestorshad beenexpectingtheacquisition-hungrybanktomoveoverseasforitsnextbigdeal.
hungry
adjective
uk
/ˈhʌŋɡri/us
having agreatneed orwishfor something:
hungry for sthAnalysts saidinvestorswere hungry for anyinformationthat couldpointthemarketin adirection.
We need toattractfreshtalentand show theworldthat we are hungry forsuccess.
(Definition of-hungryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhungry

hungry
His book is crammed with evidence and arguments that, even as prosperity has grown, so the army of thehungryhas remained.
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I was definitely the hungriest and took any story that came my way.
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They eat subtraction stew, which makes the diner hungrier.
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Under such conditions the baits o could have been more attractive forhungrysoil animals there.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They were desperatelyhungry, he wrote, being allowed less food than other prisoners in the same gaol.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The saws used in double tend to be a lot hungrier, that is, they cut and draw more wood out with each stroke.
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The lion ishungryand is looking for something to eat.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Instead, they invest slightly more in the least nutrient-hungryland use - pasture.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is also information about some unusual language patterns eg adjectives that sometimes cannot stand alone (eghungryfor news, deaf to our pleas).
From theCambridge English Corpus
They did not have to travel far to reach their fields and could protect crops fromhungryanimals and humans.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The mosquitos, at least the vishnui-group, werehungry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hungrychildren often receive food from adults other than their parents.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The hungriest people will tend to stop right away.
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The colonial picture of an indiscriminately poor andhungrynorthern savanna was entrenched by the 1930s.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Equally, another might move earlier and risk the chance of goinghungryto experience higher quality hosts over a larger area.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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