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 |