thirsty

🇬🇧 UK/'θә:sti/🇺🇸 US
A2

Definitions

adj.

Feeling a need to drink; eagerly desiring something

口渴的;渴望的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
thirstother
+
ycharacterized by
=thirsty

Common Collocations

  • 1.feel thirsty感到口渴
  • 2.thirsty for knowledge渴望知识
  • 3.hot and thirsty又热又渴
  • 4.[thirsty work]费力的活儿(让人口渴)

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    After the long hike, we were extremely thirsty and drank water eagerly.

  • 2.

    She was thirsty for knowledge and spent hours reading every day.

  • 3.

    The hot summer weather always makes me thirsty.

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