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hungry
['hʌŋgi]
a. 饥饿, 荒, 渴望,

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hungry
hungrier, hungriest
[ adj ]

  1. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

  2. <adj.all>
    a world full of hungry people
  3. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

  4. <adj.all>
    athirst for knowledge
    hungry for recognition
    thirsty for informaton




Hungry \Hun"gry\, a. [Compar. {Hungrier}; superl. {Hungriest}.]
[AS. hungrid. See {Hunger}.]
1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness
or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager
desire.

2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.

The cruel, hungry foam. --C. Kingsley.

Cassius has a lean and hungry look. --Shak.

3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry
soil. ``The hungry beach.'' --Shak.