hanker是什么意思？

hanker

英[ˈhæŋkə(r)] 美[ˈhæŋkɚ]

• vi. 渴望，渴望得到，渴求；

第三人称单数：hankers;

过去式：hankered;

过去分词：hankered;

现在分词：hankering;

例句

• I don't hanker after squirrel meat. 我不喜欢吃松鼠肉.
• At last Jack began to hanker after a little excitement. 后来,杰克又渴望找点儿刺激了.
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together. 只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代.
• Firework was first played to dispel ghosts and evil spirits and hanker for auspiciousness and happiness. 燃放爆竹风俗最早起因于驱鬼除邪,祈求一年的吉祥顺利.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  渴望;热望
  If you hanker after something, you want it very much.
  例句
  I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat. 我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  渴望得到；渴求
  He hankered after big city life. 他向往大城市的生活。 I still hankered for the farm life. 我依然向往田园生活。 She’s always hankering after excitement. 她一贯寻求刺激。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. desire strongly or persistently