• n. 渴望；口渴；熱望
• vi. 渴望；口渴

來自古英語 thurst,口渴，干渴，來自 Proto-Germanic*thurs,使干旱，干渴，來自 PIE*ters,干 的，詞源同 torrid,terrain.

thirst

thirst: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word thirst is of being ‘dry’. For it goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *trs, *tors- ‘dry’, which also produced Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English toast, torrid, etc). From this was formed the prehistoric West Germanic noun *thurstu, which has evolved into German durst, Dutch dorst, and English thirst.
=> terrace, toast, torrid

thirst (v.)

Old English tyrstan "to thirst, thirst after," from the noun (see thirst (n.)); the figurative sense of the verb was present in Old English. Compare Old Saxon thurstian, Dutch dorsten, Old High German dursten, German dürsten, all verbs from nouns. Related: Thirsted; thirsting.

thirst (n.)

Old English turst, from Proto-Germanic *thurstu- (cognates: Old Saxon thurst, Frisian torst, Dutch dorst, Old High German and German durst), from Proto-Germanic verbal stem *thurs- (cognates: Gothic thaursjan, Old English thyrre), from PIE root *ters- "dry" (see terrain). Figurative sense of "vehement desire" is attested from c. 1200.

1. Order me a pot of tea, I'm dying of thirst.

給我來一壺茶，我快要渴死了。

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2. Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue.

人們都知道可樂能消餓、止渴和解乏。

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3. They died of thirst on the voyage.

他們在航行途中因缺水而死亡。

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4. Children show a real thirst for learning.

孩子們對于學習表現出真誠的渴望。

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5. We all thirst for the same things.

我們都渴望得到同樣的東西。

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