hungry

['hʌŋgri]

adj. 饥饿的, 渴望的

a.

1. 饥饿的; 显出饥饿样子的

The hungry child asked for a piece of bread.

饥饿的孩子要一块面包吃。

2. 渴望的, 渴求的[F][(+for/after)]

She was hungry for news of her friends.

她渴望得到朋友的消息。

3. (土壤等)贫瘠的

4. 使人饥饿的

Digging up the road is hungry work.

掘路是使人容易饥饿的工作。

词形变化

副词: hungrily | 形容词比较级: hungrier | 形容词最高级: hungriest | 名词: hungriness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.饥饿的

ravenous  famishing  famished  starved  starving  malnourished  peckish  voracious  

同义参见:

greedy  desirous  aspiring  hollow  

反义:

a.饥饿的; 渴望的

satiated  

英英释义

形容词 hungry:

feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

同义词：athirst, thirsty

补充

hungryhungry英:[ˈhʌŋɡri] 美:[ˈhʌŋɡri]adj.1.饥饿的The child had a hungry look.那孩子显出饥饿的样子。I'm hungry; please quickly.我饿了, 请快点。2.渴望的If you don't like this job, I know a couple of hungry guys that want to do.要是你不喜欢这工作, 我知道几个跃跃欲试的小伙子正想要做呢。We're hungry for news about our brother.我们渴望得到弟弟的消息。

例句

1. I'm hungry.我饿了。 2. She is reduced to stealing to feed her hungry family.她沦落到靠偷窃来养活饥饿的家人。 3. Hundreds of millions of people are going hungry all over the world.全世界有数百万人还在忍饥挨饿。 4. I left Oxford in 1961, hungry to be a critic.我1961年离开牛津, 渴望成为一名评论家。 5. He was hungry for success.他渴望成功。 6. They were hungry for news.他们急切地想得到消息。 7. Susan was certainly hungry for a life different from the one she had made for herself.苏珊无疑渴望拥有一种与现在完全不同的的生活。 8. He has a hungry expression on his face.他的脸上有一种贪婪的神情。 9. I was feeling ravenously hungry.我饿极了。 10. children with hungry looks on their faces.脸上露出饥饿模样的孩子们。 11. I always find art galleries hungry work.我总觉得美术馆的工作让人乐此不疲。 12. a party hungry for power.渴望权力的政党。 13. [in combination]grasping, power-hungry individuals.贪婪，渴望权力的人们。 14. I'm hungry. Let's eat soon.我饿着呢，我们早点吃吧。 15. There were hungry children begging for food in the streets.街上有挨饿的儿童在乞食。 16. I'm hungry for some excitement tonight.今晚我很想来点刺激。 17. There are millions of hungry people throughout the world.全世界有成百上千万的饥民。 18. Too many people in the world go hungry every day. [=suffer every day because they do not have enough food to eat]全世界每天都有太多的人挨饿。 19. That girl is always hungry.那个女孩总是觉得饿。 20. I'm hungry. When's dinner?我饿了。什么时候吃晚饭？ 21. I feel hungry.我感到饿了。 22. The prisoners' families were hungry for more information.囚犯的家属渴望得到更多消息。 23. They were hungry to learn more.他们渴望学到更多东西。 24. hungry for success/attention/power渴望成功/关注/权力 25. power-hungry politicians渴望权力的政治家们 26. hungry eyes渴求的眼神 27. a hungry look饥饿的样子 28. The coach wants the players to stay hungry. [=to continue feeling a strong desire to win]教练希望运动员保持对胜利的渴望。 29. The dog stared hungrily at the food on the table.那条狗饥肠辘辘地盯着桌上的食物。