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athirst

/uh-thurst/US // əˈθɜrst //UK // (əˈθɜːst) //

渴求,渴望,渴了,饥渴

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a keen desire; eager: She has long been athirst for European travel.
    • : Archaic. thirsty.

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Examples

  • The river's song should have summoned up the vision of those living waters, and their wooing, "Let him that is athirst come!"

  • He was always athirst for fresh proofs of it, and these were forthcoming every day.

  • "The water of life freely, and let him that is athirst say come," echoed the old lady feelingly.

  • If there is any truth in me that the world wants, nothing will hinder the world from drinking what it is athirst for.

  • So he travelled all that morning, and the day was very bright and warm, so that by and by he was an-hungered and athirst.