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hanker 音标拼音: [h'æŋkɚ] vi. 渴望,追求 渴望,追求 hanker v 1: desire strongly or persistently [ synonym: { hanker}, { long}, { yearn}] Hanker \ Han" ker\ ( h[ a^][ ng]" k[~ e] r), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Hankered} (- k[~ e] rd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Hankering}.] [ Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long ( for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] He was hankering to join his friend. -- J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To linger in expectation or with desire. -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for " hanker": ache, covet, crave, desire, fancy, hunger, hunger after, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust, lust after, lust for, pine, pine for, sigh, thirst, thirst after, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yearn for, yen
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