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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hun·gry /ˈhʌŋgri/
 (a.)飢餓的,荒年的,不毛的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hun·gry a. [Compar. Hungrier superl. Hungriest.]
 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
 2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
    The cruel, hungry foam.   --C. Kingsley.
    Cassius has a lean and hungry look.   --Shak.
 3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. “The hungry beach.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hungry
      adj 1: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a
             world full of hungry people" [ant: thirsty]
      2: (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for
         knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for
         informaton" [syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]
      [also: hungriest, hungrier]