appetite
美音:
[´æpə´taıt
]英音:
[´æpə´taıt
]n.食欲,胃口,欲望,爱好
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appetite为短语/超纲词汇
词频:5363
词形变化:
形容词:appetitive
词根
pet=to fly(飞翔),to seek(寻求)
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appetite
/'æpɪtaɪt; `æpə,taɪt/ n
1 [U] physical desire, esp for food or pleasure 肉体的欲望(尤指对食物或享乐); 食欲; 胃口
*When I was ill I completely lost my appetite. 我生病时完全没有食欲.
* Don't spoil your appetite by eating sweets before meals. 饭前不要吃糖以免影响食欲.
* (fig 比喻) He had no appetite for the fight. 他毫无斗志.
2 [C] instance of a natural desire for sth (对某事物的)自然的欲望
*The long walk has given me a good appetite. 走了长路使我食欲大振.
* He has an amazing appetite for hard work. 他出奇地喜爱艰巨的工作.
* a person of gross sexual appetites 性欲旺盛的人.
appetite
n[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin: apetit, from
Latin, past participle of appetere
'to try to get', from ad-
'to' + petere
'to look for']
[C usually singular, U]a desire for food
All that walking has given me an appetite for dinner. I seem to have lost my appetite lately. Symptoms include headaches, tiredness and loss of appetite Let's just say he's got a healthy appetite .spoil/ruin your appetite Don't eat that cake now; you'll spoil your appetite.[C]a desire or liking for a particular activity
appetite for She has an amazing appetite for knowledge. People seem to have an insatiable appetite (=always wanting more of something) for news of any kind. a loss of sexual appetite→
whet sb's appetiteatwhet
appetite
姓名词典:
Aranrhod
性别:女名
使用国家:Welsh, Welsh Mythology
1. He marveled at her prodigious appetite. 她的食量之大令他吃惊。
2. Similarly, I can give you fluids through a needle in your arm, which will keep you fed as your appetite slips away; the fluids might add a week or two to your life. 同样,我也可以在你手臂上插上针管,通过它给你输液,这可以让你保持进食,因为你的食欲会渐渐消退;输液可能让你的生命延长一至二周。
3. But a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. 而且还带来了寻找乐趣的强烈欲望,那怕是最简单的、最低等的乐趣。
4. I keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. 我有一种渴望消遣的强烈欲望,哪怕是一种最简单最朴实的方式。
5. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. 戒烟者通常具有的所有症状我都占全了:脾气暴躁,食欲旺盛。
6. It will whet the appetite. 这会增强胃口。
7. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. 我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状:脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。
8. In India in the meantime, the entire education system has shifted gears to feed the appetite of the American computer industry. 在此期间,印度对其整个教育体系进行了调整,以满足美国计算机工业的需要。
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