hun‧gry S2 / hʌŋɡri / 形容词 ( comparative hungrier , superlative hungriest )
1 wanting to eat something → thirsty :
I was cold, tired, and hungry.
If you get hungry , there’s some cold chicken in the fridge.
Do you still feel hungry?
2 ill or weak as a result of not having enough to eat for a long time :
We can’t justify wasting food when half the world is hungry.
3 go hungry to not have enough to eat :
Thousands of families go hungry every day.
4 wanting or needing something very much 同义词 eager
hungry for
She is hungry for success.
hungry to do something
Stan was hungry to learn.
5 the hungry [复数形式] people who do not have enough food to eat
6 power-hungry/news-hungry etc wanting power, news etc very much :
a power-hungry politician
THESAURUS
wanting to eat
hungry wanting to eat something : We were really hungry after our long walk. | It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.
peckish [名词前不用] British English informal a little hungry : I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?
starving/ravenous / ræv ə nəs / ( also starved American English ) [名词前不用] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible : I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving. | Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.
famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous : Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.
I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry : ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’
appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry : Exercise usually gives me an appetite. | It’s healthy to have a good appetite.
ill because of lack of food
hungry ill or weak because of not having enough to eat : terrible pictures of hungry children in Africa
starving not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food : Because of the drought, millions of people were starving. | the starving refugees from the war
malnourished formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time : According to the report, one-fifth of the world’s population are malnourished. | malnourished infants