appetite
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR Your appetite is your desire to eat. 胃口
He has a healthy appetite. 他有健康的胃口。
2. N-COUNT Someone's appetite for something is their strong desire for it. 欲望
...his appetite for success. …他的成功欲望。
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appetite /ˈæpɪˌtaɪt/ (appetites)
剑桥词典
- She's got a hearty appetite.
- You'll spoil your appetite for dinner if you have a cake now.
- We worked up a real appetite climbing in the mountains .
- The appetite, says the proverb , grows with eating .
- Growing boys have ravenous appetites.
appetite noun (FOOD)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the feeling that you want to eat food
食欲，胃口
All that walking has given me an appetite. 走了那麽遠的路，我胃口大開。
I won't have any chocolate , thanks . It will spoil (= reduce ) my appetite. 多謝，我不喫巧尅力，喫了會影響食欲。
I haven't got much of an appetite (= I am not hungry ). 我沒什麽胃口。
The children all have healthy /good appetites (= they eat a lot). 孩子們胃口都很好。
Both viruses cause fever and loss of appetite. 兩種病毒都會引起發燒以及食欲不振。
例句
appetite noun (NEED)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]the feeling of wanting or needing something
欲望；渴求
her appetite for adventure 她對冒險的渴望
his insatiable sexual appetite 他的性欲無度
I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite (= increased my interest in it). 我在網上讀了這本書的一個選段，結果就把我的胃口給吊起來了。 返回 appetite