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词汇 hankering
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Definition of hankering in English:

hankering

noun ˈhaŋk(ə)rɪŋˈhæŋkərɪŋ
  • A strong desire to have or do something.

    a hankering for family life
    with infinitive he had a hankering to return to Scotland
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have an unhealthy hankering for a new chair.
    • En route to home I got a hankering for a big thick hot American Pastrami sandwich.
    • Coming from a long line of plumbers, his lifelong hankering for an acting career had somehow never seemed a realistic option.
    • He feels no hankering to play rounds with his former pool hall friends.
    • Frustratingly, one aspect of the dream appeared to be a hankering for restoration of parts of the past.
    • Our culture, he believes, is given over to unbridled curiosity and a constant hankering for the forbidden.
    • I have a hankering for some space combat again.
    • Over the weekend I found myself with a hankering to see lousy movies.
    • Many a Texan hankering for venison has settled for a cheeseburger.
    • These more serious hazards are not necessarily reasons to deny your hankering for adventure.
    • I have a hankering to start off the new study with a new computer.
    • Next time you get a hankering for a beach vacation, check out this paradise.
    • No motive was established for the crime, beyond a vague hankering for the bachelor life.
    • Coffee options are tailored not just to a hankering for sweet or bitter, black or milky.
    • Adults, with a hankering for childish humour, will delight in his misadventures.
    • Even though I know the book takes priority, I have a real hankering to write some short stuff.
    • Rubin says he has always had a hankering for public life.
    • I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation.
    • I had a hankering to drive the ocean road.
    • I also developed a hankering to learn Spanish in the new academic year.

Definition of hankering in US English:

hankering

nounˈhaNGkəriNGˈhæŋkərɪŋ
  • A strong desire to have or do something.

    a hankering for family life
    with infinitive he had a hankering to return to Scotland
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rubin says he has always had a hankering for public life.
    • Many a Texan hankering for venison has settled for a cheeseburger.
    • Over the weekend I found myself with a hankering to see lousy movies.
    • These more serious hazards are not necessarily reasons to deny your hankering for adventure.
    • I have a hankering to start off the new study with a new computer.
    • Adults, with a hankering for childish humour, will delight in his misadventures.
    • Next time you get a hankering for a beach vacation, check out this paradise.
    • Coming from a long line of plumbers, his lifelong hankering for an acting career had somehow never seemed a realistic option.
    • I also developed a hankering to learn Spanish in the new academic year.
    • I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation.
    • No motive was established for the crime, beyond a vague hankering for the bachelor life.
    • Frustratingly, one aspect of the dream appeared to be a hankering for restoration of parts of the past.
    • I have an unhealthy hankering for a new chair.
    • He feels no hankering to play rounds with his former pool hall friends.
    • En route to home I got a hankering for a big thick hot American Pastrami sandwich.
    • I have a hankering for some space combat again.
    • Our culture, he believes, is given over to unbridled curiosity and a constant hankering for the forbidden.
    • Coffee options are tailored not just to a hankering for sweet or bitter, black or milky.
    • I had a hankering to drive the ocean road.
    • Even though I know the book takes priority, I have a real hankering to write some short stuff.
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