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hankering 音标拼音: [h'æŋkɚɪŋ] n. 渴望 渴望 hankering n 1: a yearning for something or to do something [ synonym: { hankering}, { yen}] 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] 20 Moby Thesaurus words for " hankering": Heimweh, aching, desiderium, homesick, homesickness, honing, languishing, languishment, longing, mal du pays, maladie du pays, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostomania, pining, wishful, wistful, yearnful, yearning, yen
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