n (1) 1)饥饿(state of not having enough food)[U]：show/feel one's～表现出饥饿/感到饥饿;be weak/collapse/suffer from～因饥饿虚弱/饿倒了/挨饿;die of～饿死;～march反饥饿游行;～strike绝食抗议; 2)饥荒(lack of food，esp for a long time)[U]：There is～in all the places. 所有的地方都在闹饥荒。〖同〗famine，starvation; 3)食欲(wish or desire for food)[U]：satisfy one's～满足食欲;〖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/改变/知识/冒险;

vi 挨饿(feel hunger)[I](旧用法)：～in frost/no more在冰冻中挨饿/不再挨饿;

hunger for/after (v prep) 渴望 (vt)：～for sb's love/sb's affection/friends渴望某人的爱情/得到爱/有朋友;～after knowledge/financial success渴望获得知识/经济上的成功;

→′hungry adj饥饿的;渴望的