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thirst

/thurst/US // θɜrst //UK // (θɜːst) //

渴求,渴了,口渴,饥渴

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
    • : the physical condition resulting from this need, in any of various degrees: They almost died of thirst.
    • : strong or eager desire; craving: a thirst for knowledge.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to feel thirst; be thirsty.
    • : to have a strong desire.

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Examples

  • Agreeing to those terms appears nearly impossible for Schumer, given the growing thirst in his base for a filibuster-free Senate.

  • Like pain or thirst, boredom is an emotional state that tells us we need to change our behavior.

  • Search marketers who have a thirst and curiosity to continually learn and grow are the ones that achieve excellence.

  • Harassment and probable hospitalization of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara or Maykel Osorbo, the two group members who also began a thirst strike, was expected.

  • Because I think they often reflect a kind of thirst for knowledge, which I think is actually healthy.

  • Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”

  • This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.

  • The hunger usually subsides quickly, but thirst sometimes causes serious pain.

  • In North Carolina, they let a 54-year-old untreated schizophrenic die of thirst after 35 days in solitary confinement.

  • In response, voters thought voting for Madison was inconsistent with their thirst for free booze.

  • It was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.

  • He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.

  • The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst.

  • Some were already dying of thirst; others were too sick and weak to help in the care of the ship.

  • But this was but a passing phase, and soon the thirst for glory called the young soldier to sterner things.