athirst

a. 渴的, 渴望的

发音

UK /əˈθɜːst/

词形变化

more athirst 比较级 most athirst 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Thirsty.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Eager or extremely desirous (for something).

    比喻

    1913, Rabindranath Tagore, The Gardener, translated from the Bengali by the author, 5, I am restless. I am athirst for far-away things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

hungry thirsty

近义相关 2

wishful desirous

词源

Inherited from Middle English athirst, from Old English ofþyrst, past participle of ofþyrstan (“to smart from thirst”), equivalent to a- (“of”, Etymology 8) + thirst (verb).

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