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feeling that you want to eat something 感到饿的 I'm really hungry. 我真是饿了。 She wasn't feeling very hungry. 她不觉得很饿。 Is anyone getting hungry? 有人觉得饿吗？ All this talk of food is making me hungry. 老这么谈吃的勾起我的食欲了。 There were eight hungry mouths (= hungry people) to feed at home. 家里有八张嘴等着吃饭。
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not having enough food to eat 饥饿的；挨饿的 Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest. 由于今年粮食歉收，成千上万的人将挨饿。 Over 850 million people worldwide are hungry. 全世界有超过8.5亿人处于饥饿状态。 There are tens of thousands of hungry children in this country. 这个国家有成千上万饥饿的儿童。
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- the hungrynoun [plural]
people who do not have enough food to eat （统称）饥民 - [only before noun]
causing you to feel that you want to eat something 使人饥饿的；引起食欲的 -
having or showing a strong desire for something 渴望得到；渴求 power-hungry corporations 渴望权力的公司 - hungry for something
Both parties are hungry for power. 两党都渴望掌权。 The child is simply hungry for affection. 这个孩子只不过是渴望得到爱。 We like to use small agencies that are hungry for our business. 我们希望起用渴望得到我们业务的小型代理公司。 - hungry to do something
Every day they come to school hungry to learn. 每天他们来到学校渴望学习。 His eyes had a wild hungry look in them. 他的目光里有一种强烈渴望的神情。
Word OriginOld English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.