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IELTS BNC: 11770 COCA: 10813

thirst

Word family 
thirst1 /θɜːst $ θɜːrst/ ●●○ noun  
1  [singular]THIRSTY the feeling of wanting or needing a drink 渴，口渴 → thirsty, hunger
 Ice water is the only thing that really quenches my thirst (=gets rid of it).
只有冰水才能让我真正解渴。
 We had worked up a thirst (=done something that made us thirsty), and so we decided to stop for a beer.
我们干得口渴了，因此决定停下来喝杯啤酒。
 Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst).
玛吉醒来时感到口干舌燥。
2  [uncountableU]THIRSTY the state of not having enough to drink 饮水不足，缺水
 Many of the animals had died of thirst.
很多动物因缺水而死亡。
3  a thirst for knowledge/education/information etc literaryWANT a strong desire for knowledge etc 对知识/教育/信息等的渴望
 the thirst for knowledge in Renaissance Italy
文艺复兴时期意大利人对知识的渴求
Examples from the Corpus
thirst• None of these requires anything even approaching a thirst.• Now, all that hurrying has given me a thirst.• She never knew such a thirst.• The bars and cafes cater to tourist who have worked up a thirst sightseeing.• The soldiers suffered constantly from hunger and thirst.• Fever is in my veins, and I am perishing from thirst.• Emerson took his thirst for new religion to the college circuit.• The agonies she endured never satisfied her insatiable thirst to suffer for sinners and for the souls in Purgatory.• Seven people died of thirst after their truck broke down on an isolated desert road.• Maggie had developed a raging thirst and wondered if she could get a drink at the Commemorative Hall.• I think I had the average child's thirst for blood and a more than average thirst for romance.• After a workout, juices are excellent because they quench your thirst and replace fluids and carbohydrates.
raging thirst• Maggie had developed a raging thirst and wondered if she could get a drink at the Commemorative Hall.• The pills left a bitter taste, a raging thirst and pent-up energy for which there was no outlet.
thirst2 verb [intransitiveI] old use  
1.THIRSTYto be thirsty 感到口渴
2 thirst for/after something phrasal verbphr v literary WANTto want something very much 渴望，渴求
 young men thirsting for adventure
渴望冒险的年轻男子
Examples from the Corpus
thirst for/after • Tampa Bay plays stout defense... the Bucs thirsted for a victory.• I think I had the average child's thirst for blood and a more than average thirst for romance.• The thirst for exclusivity and recognition often is misguided, as it is in this instance.• The local press are doing their best to satisfy the thirst for facts on the tournament and teams.• That led to a breakup with his sweetheart, who could not understand what he candidly admitted was a thirst for glory.• With the academic thirst for knowledge goes the academic's well-publicized thirst for alcoholic refreshment.• My thirst for knowledge had been slaked, surpassed by a hunger for cash.• Kabir said he brought with him the thirst for the infinite.
Examples from the Corpus
thirst• Tampa Bay plays stout defense... the Bucs thirsted for a victory.• There are a lot of investment approaches, but nearly all winning stock pickers thirst for information on investing and on companies.• She thirsted for it, imagining the cool wind of it cascading life into her lungs.• The public is not thirsting for reassurances about our place in the world.• Famie would rave and thirst in her bed.
Origin thirst1
Old English thurst
thirst1 nounthirst2 verb
Chinese
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IELTS BNC: 11770 COCA: 10813
thirst

noun¹

 1desire to drink渴ADJECTIVE | VERB + THIRST ADJECTIVE➤great, intense, raging, terrible, unquenchable非常渴；極度的口渴；難以忍受的口渴；止不住的口渴VERB + THIRST➤quench, slake (literary) 止渴；解渴▸➤die of渴死▸➤work up引起口渴◇After walking five miles, they had worked up a great thirst.走了 5 英里，他們口乾舌燥。
thirst

noun²

 2strong desire渴望ADJECTIVE | VERB + THIRST | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤great, insatiable, unquenchable熱切的／不能滿足的／抑制不住的渴望◇He has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.他對知識有着不能滿足的渴求。VERB + THIRST➤have有渴望▸➤satisfy滿足渴望PREPOSITION➤thirst for對⋯的渴望
IELTS BNC: 11770 COCA: 10813
IELTS BNC: 11770 COCA: 10813
thirst
Thirst and thirsty: thirsty, thirst, dry...
Feelings of want and desire: desire, wish, urge...

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