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

hun‧gry S2 /ˈhʌŋɡri/ BrE AmE adjective (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)
[Word Family: noun: ↑hunger; adverb: ↑hungrily; adjective: ↑hungry]
1. wanting to eat something ⇨ thirsty:
I was cold, tired, and hungry.
If you get hungry, there’s some cold chicken in the fridge.
Do you still feel hungry?
2. ill or weak as a result of not having enough to eat for a long time:
We can’t justify wasting food when half the world is hungry.
3. go hungry to not have enough to eat:
Thousands of families go hungry every day.
4. wanting or needing something very much SYN eager
hungry for
She is hungry for success.
hungry to do something
Stan was hungry to learn.
5. the hungry [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat
6. power-hungry/news-hungry etc wanting power, news etc very much:
a power-hungry politician
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THESAURUS
wanting to eat
▪ hungry wanting to eat something: We were really hungry after our long walk. | It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.
▪ peckish [not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?
▪ starving/ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ (also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving. | Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.
▪ famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.
▪ I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’
▪ appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: Exercise usually gives me an appetite. | It’s healthy to have a good appetite.
ill because of lack of food
▪ hungry ill or weak because of not having enough to eat: terrible pictures of hungry children in Africa
▪ starving not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food: Because of the drought, millions of people were starving. | the starving refugees from the war
▪ malnourished formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: According to the report, one-fifth of the world’s population are malnourished. | malnourished infants

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hungry
When you're hungry, you want to eat some food.

◎	['hʌηgri]
※	tính từ
	■	đói, cảm thấy đói, ra vẻ đói ăn
		☆	as hungry as a hunter
			đói cào ruột
		☆	a lean and hungry look
			vẻ gầy còm đói ăn
	■	làm cho thấy đói, gợi thèm (ăn)
		☆	a hungry air
			vẻ gợi cho người ta thèm khát
	■	(nghĩa bóng) khao khát, thèm khát, ham muốn
		☆	hungry for affection
			thèm khát tình yêu thương
	■	xấu, khô cằn
		☆	hungry soil
			đất xấu, đất khô cằn