thirst

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.thirst¹ /θɜːst $ θɜːrst/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: ↑thirst; adverb: ↑thirstily; adjective: ↑thirsty]
[Language: Old English; Origin: thurst]
1. [singular] the feeling of wanting or needing a drink ⇨ thirsty, hunger:
Ice water is the only thing that really quenches my thirst (=gets rid of it).
We had worked up a thirst (=done something that made us thirsty), and so we decided to stop for a beer.
Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst).
2. [uncountable] the state of not having enough to drink:
Many of the animals had died of thirst.
3. a thirst for knowledge/education/information etc literary a strong desire for knowledge etc:
the thirst for knowledge in Renaissance Italy
II.thirst² BrE AmE verb [intransitive] old use
to be thirsty
thirst for/after something phrasal verb literary
to want something very much:
young men thirsting for adventure

thirsthu

◎	[θə:st]
※	danh từ
	■	sự khát nước
		☆	to quench one's thirst
			làm cho hết khát
	■	sự đau khổ do cái khát gây ra
		☆	they lost their way in the desert and died of thirst
			họ đã lạc đường trong sa mạc rồi chết khát
	■	(+ for something) (nghĩa bóng) sự khao khát, lòng ham muốn mạnh mẽ
		☆	a thirst for knowledge
			sự khao khát hiểu biết
※	nội động từ
	■	khát nước, cảm thấy cần phải uống
	〆	thirst for something
		✓	thèm khát, khao khát cái gì

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hunger, hungriness, thirstiness, crave, starve, lust