Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #11770
thirst
口渴；感到口渴
to be thirsty
- 1.
To be thirsty.
口渴；感到口渴。
- 2.
To desire vehemently.
强烈渴望。
渴望；热望；口渴；感到口渴。；强烈渴望。；口渴；渴望
In use
After months of dieting, she thirsts for a huge slice of chocolate cake.
The team thirsted for a victory after losing three games in a row.
She is thirsting for a chance to study abroad.
thirst for sth
这是最常用的结构，表示对某事物的强烈渴望。
She thirsts for knowledge and never stops learning.
她渴望知识，从未停止学习。
thirst to do sth
后接不定式，表示渴望做某事。
He thirsted to prove himself in the competition.
他渴望在比赛中证明自己。
Verb forms
base thirst · third person thirsts · -ing thirsting · past thirsted · past participle thirsted
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
He thirsts knowledge.He thirsts for knowledge.
动词thirst是不及物动词，后接介词for表示‘渴望’。中文学习者常受‘渴望’一词可接宾语的影响而省略for。
I am thirst for water.I thirst for water.
thirst是动词，不能与be动词连用。表示‘口渴’应用形容词thirsty，但此处要表达‘渴望’应该直接使用动词thirst。
Connections
Collocations
- thirst for knowledge
- 对知识的渴望
- She thirsts for knowledge and reads constantly.她渴望知识，不停地阅读。
- thirst for power
- 对权力的渴望
- The ambitious minister thirsted for power.这位雄心勃勃的大臣渴望权力。
- thirst for revenge
- 渴望复仇
- He thirsted for revenge after the betrayal.被背叛后，他渴望复仇。
- thirst for blood
- 嗜血；渴望杀戮
- The furious crowd thirsted for blood.愤怒的人群渴望看到流血。
Idioms & figurative uses
- quench one's thirst
- 解渴；满足渴望The book quenched my thirst for adventure.这本书满足了我对冒险的渴望。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住thirst像“渴死”的谐音：喉咙干到快渴死，就是口渴；渴到极点，也会强烈渴望某物。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、正式书面语或演讲 动词 thirst 通常不用于日常口语。表示“口渴”多出现在文学或旧式叙事中，日常更常说 be thirsty；表示“强烈渴望”则多用于正式书面语，常与 for 或 after 连用，如 thirst for knowledge。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 thirst /θɜːrst/ 押韵（美式读音）的有 first /fɜːrst/、burst /bɜːrst/、worst /wɜːrst/、versed /vɜːrst/，它们都以 /ɜːrst/ 结尾；注意拼写相似的 third /θɜːrd/ 和 thirty /ˈθɜːrti/ 虽然以 thir- 开头，但分别以 /d/ 和 /ti/ 结尾，与 thirst 不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.