| 词汇 | peckish |
| 释义 | peckish adjective UKuk /ˈpek.ɪʃ/ us /ˈpek.ɪʃ/ slightly hungry: 微饿的 By ten o'clock I was feeling peckish, even though I'd had a large breakfast.到10点钟时我就感到有些饿了，尽管我早饭吃得很多。 wanting or needing food hungryBy dinner time we all felt really hungry. starvingIs there anything to eat? I'm starving! starvedUSHe ate so quickly, like he was starved. famishedAfter that long workout, I'm absolutely famished. ravenousHe's going through a growth spurt, so he's just ravenous. Hungry & thirsty anorectic anorexigenic anti-hunger appetite be gaspingidiom famished food poverty hunger hunger striker hungrily parched smack your lipsidiom starvation starved thirst thirstily thirsty underfed undernourished voracity Examples of peckishpeckish Children get that "peckish" feeling when the time approaches for them to get their one-third of a pint of milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose he is peevish because he is peckish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am feeling a bit peckish myself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After a while, he is a bit tired and peckish, so he stops for a rest and a snack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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