thirstとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: thûrst
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /θɜːst/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /θɝst/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)st

名詞

thirst (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 thirsts)

1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.

   We developed quite a thirst during our hike.

   He had quite a thirst on and so headed to his favourite Dublin pub.

2. The condition producing the sensation of thirst.

   If you go out in the desert for long without water, the thirst can drive you mad.

   • 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

     "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"

3. (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.

   She had a real thirst for news and that greatly helped her career.

4. (figuratively) Sexual lust.

   He had a thirst for her and she had the same for him.

同意語

• (比喩的に): craving, longing

派生語

• bloodthirst
• thirst-quenching
• thirsty

参考

• hunger

動詞

thirst (三人称単数 現在形 thirsts, 現在分詞 thirsting, 過去形および過去分詞形 thirsted)

1. (intransitive) To be thirsty.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 17:3:

     The people thirsted there for water.

2. (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.

   I thirst for knowledge and education will sate me.

   to be thirsted for one's blood

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 42:2:

     My soul thirsteth for […] the living God.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:6:

     Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.

Further reading

• “thirst”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “thirst”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

アナグラム

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