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