thirst UK [θɜ:st] US [θɝ:st] noun NEED FOR DRINK 需要饮水 [S or U] ■a need for something to drink 渴,口渴•Hundreds of refugees collapsed from hunger and thirst.成百上千的难民饥渴得瘫倒在地上。 •I've got a terrible thirst after all that running.跑了那么长的路,我渴得要命。 •I woke up with a thumping headache and a raging (= extreme) thirst.我醒来时头痛欲裂,口渴难耐。 UK [θɜ:st] US [θɝ:st] noun WISH 渴望 only singular literary ■a strong wish 渴望•He's always had a thirst for adventure.他总是渴望冒险。 UK [θɜ:st] US [θɝ:st] verb Phrasal Verbs thirst after/for sth literary ■to feel very strongly that you want and need a particular thing 渴求,渴望•to be thirsting for justice/truth/adventure渴求正义/真理/冒险 |