craving

英 [ˈkreɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈkreɪvɪŋ]

n.  强烈的愿望; 渴望; 热望
v.  渴望; 热望; 恳求; 请求
crave的现在分词

复数：cravings　现在分词：craving　

GRE医学

BNC.15783 / COCA.12347

牛津词典

noun

• 强烈的愿望；渴望；热望
  a strong desire for sth
  1. a craving for chocolate
     非常想吃巧克力
  2. a desperate craving to be loved
     对爱的极度渴望

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youcravesomething, you want to have it very much.
  1. There may be certain times of day when smokers crave their cigarette...
     吸烟者可能会在一天中的某些时刻特别想吸烟。
  2. You may be craving for some fresh air.
     你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。

英英释义

noun

• an intense desire for some particular thing

双语例句

• Still craving your kiss, I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear.
  我渴求你的亲吻，我想长伴你至天明，亲爱的。
• Lust, of course, involves a craving for sex.
  首先当然是欲望，包括对性的强烈渴求。
• Stars fading, but I linger on, dear still craving your kiss.
  星光流逝，我仍在徘徊，亲爱的，渴望你的吻。
• The combination of stress hormones and too little glycogen in the liver makes us develop a craving for sugar.
  而应激激素与过少肝糖原的组合，会使我们产生对糖的渴望。
• Instead, itching and scratching engage brain areas involved not only in sensation, but also in mental processes that help explain why we love to scratch: motivation and reward, pleasure, craving and even addiction.
  与人们的期望相反，瘙痒和挠痒不仅与脑部感觉区有关，还涉及了某些心理过程，譬如：动机和奖赏、愉悦、渴求乃至成瘾等，这就从一定程度上解释了人们喜欢挠痒的原因。
• You have seen with your own eyes how my mother was filled with craving and vanity.
  你亲眼见到了我的母亲充满了欲望和空虚。
• He had dull his craving for verbal truth.
  他对于口头上的真话的渴求已经淡漠。
• A strong desire or inclination; a yearning or craving.
  瘾一种强烈的欲望或倾向；渴望或热望。
• To have a persistent, restless craving.
  我们度过了很不安宁的一夜。
• Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
  吞吃或渴求大量食物。