thirst
英 [θ??st]
美[θ?st]
- n. 渴望；口渴；热望
- vi. 渴望；口渴
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词态变化
复数:?thirsts;第三人称单数:?thirsts;过去式:?thirsted;过去分词:?thirsted;现在分词:?thirsting;
中文词源
thirst 口渴，干渴
来自古英语 thurst,口渴，干渴，来自 Proto-Germanic*thurs,使干旱，干渴，来自 PIE*ters,干 的，词源同 torrid,terrain.
英文词源
- thirst
- thirst: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word thirst is of being ‘dry’. For it goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *trs, *tors- ‘dry’, which also produced Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English toast, torrid, etc). From this was formed the prehistoric West Germanic noun *thurstu, which has evolved into German durst, Dutch dorst, and English thirst.
=> terrace, toast, torrid - thirst (v.)
- Old English tyrstan "to thirst, thirst after," from the noun (see thirst (n.)); the figurative sense of the verb was present in Old English. Compare Old Saxon thurstian, Dutch dorsten, Old High German dursten, German dürsten, all verbs from nouns. Related: Thirsted; thirsting.
- thirst (n.)
- Old English turst, from Proto-Germanic *thurstu- (cognates: Old Saxon thurst, Frisian torst, Dutch dorst, Old High German and German durst), from Proto-Germanic verbal stem *thurs- (cognates: Gothic thaursjan, Old English thyrre), from PIE root *ters- "dry" (see terrain). Figurative sense of "vehement desire" is attested from c. 1200.
双语例句
- 1. Order me a pot of tea, I'm dying of thirst.
- 给我来一壶茶，我快要渴死了。
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- 2. Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue.
- 人们都知道可乐能消饿、止渴和解乏。
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- 3. They died of thirst on the voyage.
- 他们在航行途中因缺水而死亡。
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- 4. Children show a real thirst for learning.
- 孩子们对于学习表现出真诚的渴望。
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- 5. We all thirst for the same things.
- 我们都渴望得到同样的东西。
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