1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETC if part of your body or your clothes itch, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails (使)发痒 → scratch
My feet were itching terribly.
我的脚痒得厉害。
The label on this shirt itches me.
这件衬衫上的标签刺得我痒痒的。
2be itching to do something/be itching for somethinginformalWANT to want to do something very much and as soon as possible 急切地想做某事
itch• My back itches.• I just wanted to stop itching and sleep.• No doubt he had observed her talking to the Shergolds and was itching for the chance to find out what she knew.• These pantsitch me.• It was something which Morton itched to do - perhaps only because he knew it was impossible.• And I positively itched to grab the oars and row, row, row.• Once a week or so accordion music sounds will make feet itch under a canopy of stars in the tinyvillagesquare.• His body itched where the cotton touched it.
itch2 noun [singular]
1FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCan uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails 痒
Scratch my back – I have an itch.
给我挠挠背——我觉得痒。
2informalWANT a strong desire to do or have something 强烈愿望,渴望
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ITCHADJECTIVE➤slight輕微的瘙癢➤jock (NAmE, informal) 股癬◇The fungi that cause jock itch thrive in warm, moist places.能引起股癬的真菌在溫暖潮濕的環境中大量繁殖。➤seven-year (informal, humorous) (= the desire to find a new partner after seven years in a relationship)七年之癢VERB + ITCH➤feel覺得發癢▸➤relieve, scratch, scratch at解癢;撓癢◇The dog was scratching at an itch behind its left ear.狗在抓撓左耳朵後面發癢的部位。itch
verb
ADVERB | VERB + ITCH | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤terribly特別癢◇My arms were covered with a rash that itched terribly.我的胳膊上長滿了癢得難受的疹子。➤constantly時常發癢➤positively確實渴望◇Chelsea was positively itching to try out her new computer.切爾西確實迫切地想試試自己的新計算機。VERB + ITCH➤make sb令某人發癢◇The heat made me itch all over.這股熱勁令我渾身發癢。PREPOSITION➤for渴望◇He was itching for a chance to show how good he was.他渴望能有個機會展現自己的實力。➤with為了⋯而心癢◇Her fingers positively itched with the desire to slap his face.她覺得自己手指頭都發癢了,真想搧他一耳光。