hunger
['hʌŋgə]
n. 饥饿, 渴望, 饥荒

vt. 使挨饿

vi. 挨饿, 渴望

[医] 饥饿

1. The student has a hunger for learning.
   烈求欲。
2. People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.
   受着饥饿贫穷磨。

hunger
hunger
[ noun ]

1. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

<noun.state>

2. strong desire for something (not food or drink)

<noun.attribute>
a thirst for knowledge
hunger for affection

[ verb ]

1. feel the need to eat

<verb.perception>

2. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

<verb.consumption> crave lust starve thirst

3. be hungry; go without food

<verb.consumption> famish starve
Let's eat--I'm starving!

Hunger \Hun"ger\, n. [AS. hungor; akin to OFries. hunger, D.
honger, OS. & OHG. hungar, G. hunger, Icel. hungr, Sw. & Dan.
hunger, Goth. h?hrus hunger, huggrjan to hunger.]
1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of
food; a craving or desire for food.

Note: The sensation of hunger is usually referred to the
stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the
sensory nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and
perhaps also on indirect impressions from other organs,
more or less exhausted from lack of nutriment.

2. Any strong eager desire.

O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! --Spenser.

For hunger of my gold I die. --Dryden.


Hunger \Hun"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hungered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Hungering}.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See {Hunger},
n.]
1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of
food; to be oppressed by hunger.

2. To have an eager desire; to long.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteouness. --Matt. v. 6.


Hunger \Hun"ger\, v. t.
To make hungry; to famish.