thirst

thirst /θə:st/
  • danh từ
    • sự khát nước
      • to quench one's thirst: làm cho hết khát
    • (nghĩa bóng) sự thèm khát, sự khao khát
      • a thirst for knowledge: sự khao khát hiểu biết
  • nội động từ
    • khát nước
    • (nghĩa bóng) (+ after, for) thèm khát, khao khát
      • to thirst after (for) something: thèm khát (khao khát) cái gì

Lĩnh vực: y học
 chứng khát

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): thirst, thirsty, thirstily


Xem thêm: thirstiness, hunger, hungriness, thirstiness, crave, hunger, starve, lust



thirst

Từ điển Collocation

thirst noun

1 desire to drink

ADJ. great, intense, raging, terrible, unquenchable

VERB + THIRST suffer from Many of the refugees were suffering badly from thirst. | quench, slake | die of | work up After walking five miles, they had worked up a great thirst.

2 strong desire

ADJ. great, unquenchable He has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

VERB + THIRST have | satisfy

PREP. ~ for


Từ điển WordNet


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

thirsts|thirsted|thirsting
syn.: crave hunger hungriness lust starve thirstiness