hungry

英 [ˈhʌŋɡri]

美 [ˈhʌŋɡri]

adj. 感到饿的; 饥饿的; 挨饿的; (统称)饿民

比较级：hungrier　最高级：hungriest　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3683 / COCA.3181

牛津词典

adj.

感到饿的
feeling that you want to eat sth
1. I'm really hungry.
  我真是饿了。
2. Is anyone getting hungry?
  有人觉得饿吗？
3. All this talk of food is making me hungry.
  老这么谈吃的勾起我的食欲了。
4. I have a hungry family to feed.
  我得养活嗷嗷待哺的一家人。
饥饿的；挨饿的
not having enough food to eat
1. Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.
  由于今年粮食歉收，成千上万的人在挨饿。
（统称）饿民
people who do not have enough food to eat
使人饥饿的；引起食欲的
causing you to feel that you want to eat sth
1. All this gardening is hungry work.
  这些园艺活儿让人干了肚子饿。
渴望得到；渴求
having or showing a strong desire for sth
1. Both parties are hungry for power.
  两党都渴望掌权。
2. power-hungry
  渴求权力
3. The child is simply hungry for affection.
  这个孩子只不过是渴望得到爱。
4. His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.
  他的目光里有一种强烈的渴望神情。

ADJ-GRADED 饥饿的;感到饿的;辘辘饥肠的
When you arehungry, you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach.
1. My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food...
  我的朋友饿了，于是我们开车去一家购物中心吃饭。
2. She is reduced to stealing to feed her hungry family.
  她沦落到要靠偷窃来养活饥饿的家人。
PHRASE 挨饿;吃不饱
If peoplego hungry, they do not have enough food to eat.
1. Leonidas' family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
  利奥尼达斯家曾经很穷，他有很多年都吃不饱肚子。
ADJ-GRADED 渴望的;热望的
If you say that someone ishungryfor something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much.
1. Susan was certainly hungry for a life different from the one she had made for herself...
  苏珊无疑一心想过一种和现在不同的生活。
2. I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic.
  我于1961年离开牛津，渴望成为一名评论家。
3. Hungryis also a combining form.
  （亦用作构词成分）
4. ...power-hungry politicians.
  渴求权力的政客
5. ...land-hungry peasants.
  渴望拥有土地的农民

adj

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm hungry
我不知道你们怎么样，但我是饿了。
Sarah picked at a plate of cheese for supper, but she wasn't really hungry.
萨拉晚餐时只吃一盘奶酪，但她并没有真觉得饿。
He has run out of food; his children are hungry.
他家揭不开锅了，孩子们都等着吃饭。
I was so hungry all the time that I could not keep the diet up for longer than a month
我无时无刻都觉得饿，节食坚持不到一个月就放弃了。
Mothers may also misread signals and think the baby is crying because he is hungry.
母亲们也可能误以为宝宝哭是因为肚子饿了。
I'm hungry, I'm cold and I've nowhere to sleep.
我饥寒交迫，甚至连睡觉的地方都没有。
The boy cannot be hungry; it is sheer greedy.
这孩子不是肚子饿，就是馋嘴。
She is reduced to stealing to feed her hungry family.
她沦落到要靠偷窃来养活饥饿的家人。
You always get tetchy when you're hungry
你一饿的时候火气就大。
Leonidas 'family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
利奥尼达斯家曾经很穷，他有很多年都吃不饱肚子。