hungry
adj
(-ier, -iest)
1
(a) suffering from weakness, pain, etc because of lack of food; starving 饥饿的; 挨饿的
the hungry masses 饥民.
(b) feeling a desire for food 感到饿的
Let's eat soon I'm hungry! 咱们早点儿吃吧--我饿了!
2 [pred 作表语]
~ for sth (fig 比喻) in need of sth; feeling a strong desire for sth 需要某事物; 渴望得到某事物
The orphan was hungry for affection. 这孤儿渴望得到爱.
3 [usu attrib 通常作定语]
showing hunger 显出饥饿样子的
He had a hungry look. 他面有饥色.
4 [attrib 作定语]
causing hunger 引起饥饿的
Haymaking is hungry work. 割草晾晒的活儿很累, 干一会儿就饿了.
5 (idm 习语) go `hungry remain unfed 挨饿
Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of the harvest. 由於收成不好, 成千上万的人在挨饿.
I'd rather go hungry than eat that! 我宁可挨饿也不吃那种东西!
Yes, but Dr. Lee's schedule is full for today. How about 9:00 tonight?
可以,不过李医生今天的时间排满了。今晚9点好吗?
On the morning of the next day he went to New York.
第二天早晨,他去了纽约。
notes there are now work-stations that enable engineers to design, test and produce chips right on their desks, much the way an editor creates a newsletter on a Macintosh.