Definition of thirst in English:

thirst

noun θəːstθərst

mass noun

1A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
渴，口渴
they quenched their thirst with spring water
他们喝泉水止渴。
Example sentencesExamples
- A drink satisfies thirst and the coaster prevents unsightly ring marks on your desk.
- A consequence of her condition is that Terri will experience no pain, nor any sensation of thirst or hunger, as a result of the removal of her feeding tube.
- We moved back to the bar joking and laughing, and ordered drinks to quench our thirst.
- It's very common to mistake thirst for hunger pangs, especially before bed.
- I arrived at about the same time the later bus would have done with a raging thirst and neither in the mood nor the physical condition for dancing.
- An hour or so later the doctor saw her again and said she would be discharged if her temperature returned to normal and if she was able to hold down the water she was drinking to relieve her thirst.
- A friendly efficient staff is happy to help you quench your thirst by bringing you a drink from the fully stocked bar.
- A few glasses of the juice quenches thirst and satisfies hunger, said Elis.
- Sometimes people have dry skin and unquenchable thirst even though they drink lots of water.
- He licked rainwater from his clothes to quench his raging thirst and jangled his keys to try to attract attention.
- This is fine, because the child is now drinking to counteract thirst, not drinking for the sweet taste.
- But once we've quenched our thirst, having just ended a cross-town walk, we're more interested in food than booze.
- Many people drink far too little, quenching their thirst with coffee and tea - both of which are diuretics and actually extract water from the cells.
- He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas.
- I have a raging thirst, and the beginnings of a headache.
- Laughter made her thirsty, and thirst made her drink.
- After my hunger and thirst was quenched, I climbed up into my loft and fell asleep.
- They obtain most of their water from prey but will drink seawater to satisfy thirst also.
- I had a raging thirst and there was tubing running through my nose and down the back of my throat, which felt incredibly dry.
- To quench your thirst, you drink a lot of water and other beverages, and that leads to more frequent urination.
Synonyms
thirstiness, dryness
dehydration
technical polydipsia
archaic drought
1. 1.1 Lack of the liquid needed to sustain life.
  干渴，缺水
  tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation
  成千上万的人死于饥饿和缺水。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The men were weary with starvation and thirst, when they were eventually rescued by Solomon Islanders loyal to the Allies.
  He has come close to dying from thirst and fought off various tropical diseases.
  And so while some died from sickness, others died from thirst.
  So while most of the city has been left to die of starvation, thirst, heat, disease and violence, a few people have some support.
  Those who can afford to buy clean water don't die of thirst or diarrhea.
  The man sets off across the desert; when the time comes to drink there is nothing in the water bottle, and he dies of thirst.
  They had no access to water, so their cattle died of thirst, and they in turn were now starving to death.
  He crushes a cobra to save his life, moves with nomads through Somalia, and waits to die from thirst beneath a truck in the Sahara.
  Two patients died of thirst as they were unable to swallow water without assistance.
  At one point the whole ‘army’ nearly died of thirst in the Gobi.
  Their tragedy was bleakly mirrored by that of the Maya, who systematically exhausted their resource base, leading to death from starvation and thirst.
  The water supply of the future may be so limited that most of the poor and needy will die of thirst.
  When the sea ice receded from the coast of Nunivak Island in Alaska, it left 11 muskoxen trapped on a small islet offshore, doomed to die of starvation or thirst.
  They can be surrounded with food and water but die from starvation or thirst because they have such tiny throats that makes it impossible for them to swallow.
  Many of my comrades were already dead from hunger, thirst and lack of air.
  If they weren't spotted in time by relatives lucky enough to realize they were missing and brave enough to search for them, they starved to death or died of thirst.
  He found that soldiers and sailors, when driven by extreme thirst, would drink sea water, or their urine, both of which were desperately harmful.
  Odds-on the chain would get caught under a shed or in the barbed wire of a fence - and the dog would die of thirst, hunger or strangulation.
  Hundreds of thousands, millions of Hungarian people live day to day and die from starvation, thirst and poverty in our country.
  I have visions of modern man dying of thirst and exhaustion beside an antique pump for want of a simple bit of practical knowledge.
2. 1.2usually thirst for A strong desire for something.
  〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求
  his thirst for knowledge was mainly academic
  他渴求的主要是学术方面的知识。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The specimen prompted him to focus his thirst for knowledge and love of reading on mineralogy.
  The media should resist the temptation to quench this thirst for sensationalism but there are some who never stand firm.
  Like the first taste of scotch to a former alcoholic who breaks the pledge, what followed was a raging thirst for everything and anything western.
  Yet it is his thirst for knowledge, his insatiable desire to get a little better than he was yesterday, that makes him such a delightful curiosity.
  It is not hard to see why the industry is making such an investment - it has a clear case for wanting to sustain the nation's thirst for oil and gas.
  Synonyms
  craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love
  itch, fancy, hankering
  informal yen
  archaic appetency, appetence

verb θəːstθərst

[no object]

1usually thirst for/afterHave a strong desire for something.
〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求
an opponent thirsting for revenge
渴望复仇的对手。
Example sentencesExamples
- This invitation is also for us, because in every century, the human heart thirsts for God's love.
- After all the temptations of the 20th century and the lack of any prospects for the future, people's souls are thirsting for kitsch.
- The class has been growing every week - everyone is thirsting for information.
- My spirit thirsts for information and enlightenment.
- But then he started thirsting for power, and he would do anything for it.
Synonyms
crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on
wish, long, have a longing, yearn, be hungry, be itching, pant, be desperate, be consumed with desire
informal have a yen, be dying
archaic be athirst
2archaic Feel a need to drink something.
渴，口渴
a few could drink while many thirsted
Example sentencesExamples
- He hungers, but he is steadfast; he thirsts, but he is steadfast.
- He told her that whoever drank of the water of heaven would never thirst again.
- I groaned, and drank as if I had thirsted for days.
- ‘I'm thirsting, Susanna,’ she said as we neared my front door, ‘Could we perhaps go in and get a drink?’

Origin

Old English thurst (noun), thyrstan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorst, dorsten and German Durst, dürsten.

Rhymes

accursed, burst, curst, erst, first, headfirst, Hurst, under-rehearsed, unrehearsed, unversed, verst, worst, wurst

Definition of thirst in US English:

thirst

nounTHərstθərst

1A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
渴，口渴
they quenched their thirst with spring water
他们喝泉水止渴。
Example sentencesExamples
- He licked rainwater from his clothes to quench his raging thirst and jangled his keys to try to attract attention.
- It's very common to mistake thirst for hunger pangs, especially before bed.
- I arrived at about the same time the later bus would have done with a raging thirst and neither in the mood nor the physical condition for dancing.
- An hour or so later the doctor saw her again and said she would be discharged if her temperature returned to normal and if she was able to hold down the water she was drinking to relieve her thirst.
- But once we've quenched our thirst, having just ended a cross-town walk, we're more interested in food than booze.
- He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas.
- After my hunger and thirst was quenched, I climbed up into my loft and fell asleep.
- A drink satisfies thirst and the coaster prevents unsightly ring marks on your desk.
- This is fine, because the child is now drinking to counteract thirst, not drinking for the sweet taste.
- We moved back to the bar joking and laughing, and ordered drinks to quench our thirst.
- A consequence of her condition is that Terri will experience no pain, nor any sensation of thirst or hunger, as a result of the removal of her feeding tube.
- They obtain most of their water from prey but will drink seawater to satisfy thirst also.
- I had a raging thirst and there was tubing running through my nose and down the back of my throat, which felt incredibly dry.
- I have a raging thirst, and the beginnings of a headache.
- Laughter made her thirsty, and thirst made her drink.
- A friendly efficient staff is happy to help you quench your thirst by bringing you a drink from the fully stocked bar.
- To quench your thirst, you drink a lot of water and other beverages, and that leads to more frequent urination.
- A few glasses of the juice quenches thirst and satisfies hunger, said Elis.
- Many people drink far too little, quenching their thirst with coffee and tea - both of which are diuretics and actually extract water from the cells.
- Sometimes people have dry skin and unquenchable thirst even though they drink lots of water.
Synonyms
thirstiness, dryness
1. 1.1 Lack of the liquid needed to sustain life.
  干渴，缺水
  tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation
  成千上万的人死于饥饿和缺水。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hundreds of thousands, millions of Hungarian people live day to day and die from starvation, thirst and poverty in our country.
  He has come close to dying from thirst and fought off various tropical diseases.
  He crushes a cobra to save his life, moves with nomads through Somalia, and waits to die from thirst beneath a truck in the Sahara.
  He found that soldiers and sailors, when driven by extreme thirst, would drink sea water, or their urine, both of which were desperately harmful.
  They had no access to water, so their cattle died of thirst, and they in turn were now starving to death.
  The man sets off across the desert; when the time comes to drink there is nothing in the water bottle, and he dies of thirst.
  Odds-on the chain would get caught under a shed or in the barbed wire of a fence - and the dog would die of thirst, hunger or strangulation.
  Many of my comrades were already dead from hunger, thirst and lack of air.
  I have visions of modern man dying of thirst and exhaustion beside an antique pump for want of a simple bit of practical knowledge.
  At one point the whole ‘army’ nearly died of thirst in the Gobi.
  And so while some died from sickness, others died from thirst.
  The water supply of the future may be so limited that most of the poor and needy will die of thirst.
  The men were weary with starvation and thirst, when they were eventually rescued by Solomon Islanders loyal to the Allies.
  If they weren't spotted in time by relatives lucky enough to realize they were missing and brave enough to search for them, they starved to death or died of thirst.
  Their tragedy was bleakly mirrored by that of the Maya, who systematically exhausted their resource base, leading to death from starvation and thirst.
  Two patients died of thirst as they were unable to swallow water without assistance.
  They can be surrounded with food and water but die from starvation or thirst because they have such tiny throats that makes it impossible for them to swallow.
  Those who can afford to buy clean water don't die of thirst or diarrhea.
  So while most of the city has been left to die of starvation, thirst, heat, disease and violence, a few people have some support.
  When the sea ice receded from the coast of Nunivak Island in Alaska, it left 11 muskoxen trapped on a small islet offshore, doomed to die of starvation or thirst.
2. 1.2usually thirst for A strong desire for something.
  〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求
  his thirst for knowledge was mainly academic
  他渴求的主要是学术方面的知识。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The specimen prompted him to focus his thirst for knowledge and love of reading on mineralogy.
  It is not hard to see why the industry is making such an investment - it has a clear case for wanting to sustain the nation's thirst for oil and gas.
  Yet it is his thirst for knowledge, his insatiable desire to get a little better than he was yesterday, that makes him such a delightful curiosity.
  Like the first taste of scotch to a former alcoholic who breaks the pledge, what followed was a raging thirst for everything and anything western.
  The media should resist the temptation to quench this thirst for sensationalism but there are some who never stand firm.
  Synonyms
  craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love

verbTHərstθərst

[no object]archaic

1(of a person or animal) feel a need to drink something.
〈古〉（人，动物）感到口渴，想喝水
Example sentencesExamples
- He hungers, but he is steadfast; he thirsts, but he is steadfast.
- ‘I'm thirsting, Susanna,’ she said as we neared my front door, ‘Could we perhaps go in and get a drink?’
- I groaned, and drank as if I had thirsted for days.
- He told her that whoever drank of the water of heaven would never thirst again.
1. 1.1usually thirst for/afterliterary Have a strong desire for something.
  〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求
  an opponent thirsting for revenge
  渴望复仇的对手。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The class has been growing every week - everyone is thirsting for information.
  My spirit thirsts for information and enlightenment.
  But then he started thirsting for power, and he would do anything for it.
  This invitation is also for us, because in every century, the human heart thirsts for God's love.
  After all the temptations of the 20th century and the lack of any prospects for the future, people's souls are thirsting for kitsch.
  Synonyms
  crave, want, covet, desire, hunger after, hunger for, lust after, lust for, hanker after, hanker for, have one's heart set on

Origin

Old English thurst (noun), thyrstan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorst, dorsten and German Durst, dürsten.

词汇	thirst
释义	Definition of thirst in English: thirst noun θəːstθərst mass noun 1A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something. 渴，口渴 they quenched their thirst with spring water 他们喝泉水止渴。 Example sentencesExamples A drink satisfies thirst and the coaster prevents unsightly ring marks on your desk. A consequence of her condition is that Terri will experience no pain, nor any sensation of thirst or hunger, as a result of the removal of her feeding tube. We moved back to the bar joking and laughing, and ordered drinks to quench our thirst. It's very common to mistake thirst for hunger pangs, especially before bed. I arrived at about the same time the later bus would have done with a raging thirst and neither in the mood nor the physical condition for dancing. An hour or so later the doctor saw her again and said she would be discharged if her temperature returned to normal and if she was able to hold down the water she was drinking to relieve her thirst. A friendly efficient staff is happy to help you quench your thirst by bringing you a drink from the fully stocked bar. A few glasses of the juice quenches thirst and satisfies hunger, said Elis. Sometimes people have dry skin and unquenchable thirst even though they drink lots of water. He licked rainwater from his clothes to quench his raging thirst and jangled his keys to try to attract attention. This is fine, because the child is now drinking to counteract thirst, not drinking for the sweet taste. But once we've quenched our thirst, having just ended a cross-town walk, we're more interested in food than booze. Many people drink far too little, quenching their thirst with coffee and tea - both of which are diuretics and actually extract water from the cells. He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas. I have a raging thirst, and the beginnings of a headache. Laughter made her thirsty, and thirst made her drink. After my hunger and thirst was quenched, I climbed up into my loft and fell asleep. They obtain most of their water from prey but will drink seawater to satisfy thirst also. I had a raging thirst and there was tubing running through my nose and down the back of my throat, which felt incredibly dry. To quench your thirst, you drink a lot of water and other beverages, and that leads to more frequent urination. Synonyms thirstiness, dryness dehydration technical polydipsia archaic drought 1.1 Lack of the liquid needed to sustain life. 干渴，缺水 tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation 成千上万的人死于饥饿和缺水。 Example sentencesExamples The men were weary with starvation and thirst, when they were eventually rescued by Solomon Islanders loyal to the Allies. He has come close to dying from thirst and fought off various tropical diseases. And so while some died from sickness, others died from thirst. So while most of the city has been left to die of starvation, thirst, heat, disease and violence, a few people have some support. Those who can afford to buy clean water don't die of thirst or diarrhea. The man sets off across the desert; when the time comes to drink there is nothing in the water bottle, and he dies of thirst. They had no access to water, so their cattle died of thirst, and they in turn were now starving to death. He crushes a cobra to save his life, moves with nomads through Somalia, and waits to die from thirst beneath a truck in the Sahara. Two patients died of thirst as they were unable to swallow water without assistance. At one point the whole ‘army’ nearly died of thirst in the Gobi. Their tragedy was bleakly mirrored by that of the Maya, who systematically exhausted their resource base, leading to death from starvation and thirst. The water supply of the future may be so limited that most of the poor and needy will die of thirst. When the sea ice receded from the coast of Nunivak Island in Alaska, it left 11 muskoxen trapped on a small islet offshore, doomed to die of starvation or thirst. They can be surrounded with food and water but die from starvation or thirst because they have such tiny throats that makes it impossible for them to swallow. Many of my comrades were already dead from hunger, thirst and lack of air. If they weren't spotted in time by relatives lucky enough to realize they were missing and brave enough to search for them, they starved to death or died of thirst. He found that soldiers and sailors, when driven by extreme thirst, would drink sea water, or their urine, both of which were desperately harmful. Odds-on the chain would get caught under a shed or in the barbed wire of a fence - and the dog would die of thirst, hunger or strangulation. Hundreds of thousands, millions of Hungarian people live day to day and die from starvation, thirst and poverty in our country. I have visions of modern man dying of thirst and exhaustion beside an antique pump for want of a simple bit of practical knowledge. 1.2usually thirst for A strong desire for something. 〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求 his thirst for knowledge was mainly academic 他渴求的主要是学术方面的知识。 Example sentencesExamples The specimen prompted him to focus his thirst for knowledge and love of reading on mineralogy. The media should resist the temptation to quench this thirst for sensationalism but there are some who never stand firm. Like the first taste of scotch to a former alcoholic who breaks the pledge, what followed was a raging thirst for everything and anything western. Yet it is his thirst for knowledge, his insatiable desire to get a little better than he was yesterday, that makes him such a delightful curiosity. It is not hard to see why the industry is making such an investment - it has a clear case for wanting to sustain the nation's thirst for oil and gas. Synonyms craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love itch, fancy, hankering informal yen archaic appetency, appetence verb θəːstθərst [no object] 1usually thirst for/afterHave a strong desire for something. 〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求 an opponent thirsting for revenge 渴望复仇的对手。 Example sentencesExamples This invitation is also for us, because in every century, the human heart thirsts for God's love. After all the temptations of the 20th century and the lack of any prospects for the future, people's souls are thirsting for kitsch. The class has been growing every week - everyone is thirsting for information. My spirit thirsts for information and enlightenment. But then he started thirsting for power, and he would do anything for it. Synonyms crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on wish, long, have a longing, yearn, be hungry, be itching, pant, be desperate, be consumed with desire informal have a yen, be dying archaic be athirst 2archaic Feel a need to drink something. 渴，口渴 a few could drink while many thirsted Example sentencesExamples He hungers, but he is steadfast; he thirsts, but he is steadfast. He told her that whoever drank of the water of heaven would never thirst again. I groaned, and drank as if I had thirsted for days. ‘I'm thirsting, Susanna,’ she said as we neared my front door, ‘Could we perhaps go in and get a drink?’ Origin Old English thurst (noun), thyrstan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorst, dorsten and German Durst, dürsten. Rhymes accursed, burst, curst, erst, first, headfirst, Hurst, under-rehearsed, unrehearsed, unversed, verst, worst, wurst Definition of thirst in US English: thirst nounTHərstθərst 1A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something. 渴，口渴 they quenched their thirst with spring water 他们喝泉水止渴。 Example sentencesExamples He licked rainwater from his clothes to quench his raging thirst and jangled his keys to try to attract attention. It's very common to mistake thirst for hunger pangs, especially before bed. I arrived at about the same time the later bus would have done with a raging thirst and neither in the mood nor the physical condition for dancing. An hour or so later the doctor saw her again and said she would be discharged if her temperature returned to normal and if she was able to hold down the water she was drinking to relieve her thirst. But once we've quenched our thirst, having just ended a cross-town walk, we're more interested in food than booze. He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas. After my hunger and thirst was quenched, I climbed up into my loft and fell asleep. A drink satisfies thirst and the coaster prevents unsightly ring marks on your desk. This is fine, because the child is now drinking to counteract thirst, not drinking for the sweet taste. We moved back to the bar joking and laughing, and ordered drinks to quench our thirst. A consequence of her condition is that Terri will experience no pain, nor any sensation of thirst or hunger, as a result of the removal of her feeding tube. They obtain most of their water from prey but will drink seawater to satisfy thirst also. I had a raging thirst and there was tubing running through my nose and down the back of my throat, which felt incredibly dry. I have a raging thirst, and the beginnings of a headache. Laughter made her thirsty, and thirst made her drink. A friendly efficient staff is happy to help you quench your thirst by bringing you a drink from the fully stocked bar. To quench your thirst, you drink a lot of water and other beverages, and that leads to more frequent urination. A few glasses of the juice quenches thirst and satisfies hunger, said Elis. Many people drink far too little, quenching their thirst with coffee and tea - both of which are diuretics and actually extract water from the cells. Sometimes people have dry skin and unquenchable thirst even though they drink lots of water. Synonyms thirstiness, dryness 1.1 Lack of the liquid needed to sustain life. 干渴，缺水 tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation 成千上万的人死于饥饿和缺水。 Example sentencesExamples Hundreds of thousands, millions of Hungarian people live day to day and die from starvation, thirst and poverty in our country. He has come close to dying from thirst and fought off various tropical diseases. He crushes a cobra to save his life, moves with nomads through Somalia, and waits to die from thirst beneath a truck in the Sahara. He found that soldiers and sailors, when driven by extreme thirst, would drink sea water, or their urine, both of which were desperately harmful. They had no access to water, so their cattle died of thirst, and they in turn were now starving to death. The man sets off across the desert; when the time comes to drink there is nothing in the water bottle, and he dies of thirst. Odds-on the chain would get caught under a shed or in the barbed wire of a fence - and the dog would die of thirst, hunger or strangulation. Many of my comrades were already dead from hunger, thirst and lack of air. I have visions of modern man dying of thirst and exhaustion beside an antique pump for want of a simple bit of practical knowledge. At one point the whole ‘army’ nearly died of thirst in the Gobi. And so while some died from sickness, others died from thirst. The water supply of the future may be so limited that most of the poor and needy will die of thirst. The men were weary with starvation and thirst, when they were eventually rescued by Solomon Islanders loyal to the Allies. If they weren't spotted in time by relatives lucky enough to realize they were missing and brave enough to search for them, they starved to death or died of thirst. Their tragedy was bleakly mirrored by that of the Maya, who systematically exhausted their resource base, leading to death from starvation and thirst. Two patients died of thirst as they were unable to swallow water without assistance. They can be surrounded with food and water but die from starvation or thirst because they have such tiny throats that makes it impossible for them to swallow. Those who can afford to buy clean water don't die of thirst or diarrhea. So while most of the city has been left to die of starvation, thirst, heat, disease and violence, a few people have some support. When the sea ice receded from the coast of Nunivak Island in Alaska, it left 11 muskoxen trapped on a small islet offshore, doomed to die of starvation or thirst. 1.2usually thirst for A strong desire for something. 〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求 his thirst for knowledge was mainly academic 他渴求的主要是学术方面的知识。 Example sentencesExamples The specimen prompted him to focus his thirst for knowledge and love of reading on mineralogy. It is not hard to see why the industry is making such an investment - it has a clear case for wanting to sustain the nation's thirst for oil and gas. Yet it is his thirst for knowledge, his insatiable desire to get a little better than he was yesterday, that makes him such a delightful curiosity. Like the first taste of scotch to a former alcoholic who breaks the pledge, what followed was a raging thirst for everything and anything western. The media should resist the temptation to quench this thirst for sensationalism but there are some who never stand firm. Synonyms craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love verbTHərstθərst [no object]archaic 1(of a person or animal) feel a need to drink something. 〈古〉（人，动物）感到口渴，想喝水 Example sentencesExamples He hungers, but he is steadfast; he thirsts, but he is steadfast. ‘I'm thirsting, Susanna,’ she said as we neared my front door, ‘Could we perhaps go in and get a drink?’ I groaned, and drank as if I had thirsted for days. He told her that whoever drank of the water of heaven would never thirst again. 1.1usually thirst for/afterliterary Have a strong desire for something. 〈诗/文〉渴望，渴求 an opponent thirsting for revenge 渴望复仇的对手。 Example sentencesExamples The class has been growing every week - everyone is thirsting for information. My spirit thirsts for information and enlightenment. But then he started thirsting for power, and he would do anything for it. This invitation is also for us, because in every century, the human heart thirsts for God's love. After all the temptations of the 20th century and the lack of any prospects for the future, people's souls are thirsting for kitsch. Synonyms crave, want, covet, desire, hunger after, hunger for, lust after, lust for, hanker after, hanker for, have one's heart set on Origin Old English thurst (noun), thyrstan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorst, dorsten and German Durst, dürsten.
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