hunger

英 ['h??g?] 美['h??ɡ?]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?hungers;

hunger 饑餓

來自古英語hungor,饑餓，饑荒，來自PIE*kenk,饑餓，饑渴，燃燒，可能來自PIE*skai,照耀，照射，詞源同shine,hot,heat.后用于指饑餓，饑渴義不再使用。

hunger: hunger: [OE] Hunger is a widespread word in the Germanic languages, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish as well as English (Dutch spells it honger), but it is not represented in any of the other Indo-European languages. Indeed, no related forms have been identified for certain, although Greek kégkein ‘be hungry’ and Sanskrit kákat ‘be thirsty’ are possibilities.
hunger (n.): Old English hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from Proto-Germanic *hungruz (cognates: Old Frisian hunger, Old Saxon hungar, Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr, German hunger, Dutch honger, Gothic huhrus), probably from PIE root *kenk- (2) "to suffer hunger or thirst." Hunger strike attested from 1885; earliest references are to prisoners in Russia.
hunger (v.): Old English hyngran (cognates: Old Saxon gihungrjan, Old High German hungaran, German hungern, Gothic huggrjan), from the source of hunger (n.). Related: Hungered; hungering.

2. Sugar gives quick relief to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment.: 糖能快速緩解饑餓感，但不能提供持久的營養(yǎng)。

3. Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away.: 面對母親的情感渴求，其他幾個女兒都疏遠(yuǎn)了她。

4. They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.: 他們開始絕食以抗議有人所宣稱的毆打行為。

5. The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs.: 單單提到食物就引起了陣陣饑餓感。