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thirst

美音:[θə:st ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.渴,口渴,(~ for)渴望,热望

难易程度:

thirst为高中词汇

词形变化:

名词:thirster 动词过去式:thirsted 过去分词:thirsted 现在分词:thirsting 第三人称单数:thirsts

thirst


/θɜ:st; θɝst/
n
1 (a) [U, sing] feeling caused by a desire or need to drink 渴
*quench (ie satisfy) one's thirst with a long drink of water 喝很多水来解渴
* Working in the sun soon gave us a (powerful) thirst. 我们在烈日下干活儿, 很快就觉得渴(极)了.
(b) [U] suffering caused by this 渴
*They lost their way in the desert and died of thirst. 他们在沙漠中迷路而渴死了.
2 [sing] ~ (for sth) (fig 比喻) strong desire; craving 热望; 渴望; 渴求
*a/the thirst for knowledge, fame, revenge 渴求知识、渴望成名、决心复仇.

v
1 [I] (arch 古) feel a need to drink 渴.
2 (phr v) thirst for sth be eager for sth 渴求某事物
*thirsting for revenge 一定要报仇.
1. They lost their way in the desert and died of thirst.
    他们在沙漠中迷路而渴死了.

2. Taking a glass of water from the table, I put my finger over the end of the straw and allow a few drops of the cool moisture to slide into her mouth and ease her thirst.
    我从桌上拿起一杯水,用手指封着吸管的一端,滴了几滴凉凉的水到她的嘴里,以缓解她的干渴。

3. His thirst for knowledge was insatiable; he was always in the library.
    他渴望知识, 从不知足, 整天地钻在图书馆里。

4. He quenched his thirst with a glass of water.
    他喝了一杯水解渴。

5. Sam brought the tea round and old Maggie drank it as though she was dying of thirst.
    萨姆把茶端了过来,老马吉像要渴死一样地喝了下去。

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