n (1) 1)饑餓(state of not having enough food)[U]：show/feel one's～表現(xiàn)出饑餓/感到饑餓;be weak/collapse/suffer from～因饑餓虛弱/餓倒了/挨餓;die of～餓死;～march反饑餓游行;～strike絕食抗議; 2)饑荒(lack of food，esp for a long time)[U]：There is～in all the places. 所有的地方都在鬧饑荒?！纪絝amine，starvation; 3)食欲(wish or desire for food)[U]：satisfy one's～滿(mǎn)足食欲;〖同〗appetite;
(2)渴望(strong wish or desire for sth)[U，a～][N (for)](fig)：have a～for new ideas/change/knowledge/adventure渴望新思想/改變/知識(shí)/冒險(xiǎn);
vi 挨餓(feel hunger)[I](舊用法)：～in frost/no more在冰凍中挨餓/不再挨餓;
hunger for/after (v prep) 渴望 (vt)：～for sb's love/sb's affection/friends渴望某人的愛(ài)情/得到愛(ài)/有朋友;～after knowledge/financial success渴望獲得知識(shí)/經(jīng)濟(jì)上的成功;
→′hungry adj饑餓的;渴望的