hanker

vi. 渴望, 热切希望

发音

其它 /ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/

词形变化

hankered hankering hankers 三单 hankers hankering 现在分词 hankered 过去式 hankered 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To crave, want or desire.

    If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

long yearn

上位词 2

want desire

下位词 5

yen pine ache yearn languish

词源

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.

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