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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

hunger ['h^ŋgər]
  1. 1. noun [u] (lack of food) 饿
  2. 2. noun (starvation) 饥饿
  3. 3. vi. they hunger for adventure 他们渴望冒险
    his hunger for adventure
    他想冒险的强烈愿望

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

hunger [ 'hʌŋgɚ] [ 'hʌŋgə]
  1. 1. noun 饥饿所造成的不适、痛苦或虚弱
    She almost fainted from hunger today.
    她今天几乎饿昏了过去。
  2. 2. noun 饥馑；饥荒
    The organization is helping people that are dying of hunger.
    该组织正在帮助挣扎于饥饿之中的人们。
  3. 3. noun 食欲，胃口
  4. 4. noun 强烈的欲望，渴望，热望，渴求
    He has a enormous hunger for knowledge.
    他求知欲很强。
  5. 5. vi. 感到饿，挨饿
  6. 6. vi. 非常想要，渴望得到（与for或after连用）
  7. 7. vt. [rarely used] 使挨饿

Collins English-English Dictionary

hunger ['h^ŋgə]
  1. 1. n a feeling of pain, emptiness, or weakness induced by lack of food
  2. 2. n an appetite, desire, need, or craving
    hunger for a woman
  3. 3. vb to have or cause to have a need or craving for food
  4. 4. vi. [intr; usually foll by for or after] to have a great appetite or desire (for)
  5. 5. vi. [Etymology] Old English hungor; related to Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr, Gothic huhrus
See more results for hunger in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

faint with hunger
饿得发晕 → with
The organization is helping people that are dying of hunger.
该组织正在帮助挣扎于饥饿之中的人们。 → hunger
She almost fainted from hunger today.
她今天几乎饿昏了过去。 → hunger
He has a enormous hunger for knowledge.
他求知欲很强。 → hunger
Over 6 million people have died of hunger last year.
去年有600多万人死于饥饿。
his hunger for adventure
他想冒险的强烈愿望 → hunger
hunger pangs
一阵饥饿感 → pang
hunger for a woman → hunger
to die of hunger → of
to stave off hunger → stave off
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