peckish
/pek-ish/US // ˈpɛk ɪʃ //UK // (ˈpɛkɪʃ) //
馋嘴,馋了,馋嘴的,贪吃的
Related Words
emaciated憔悴,憔悴的,憔悴不堪,癯瘦dying奄奄一息,垂死挣扎,垂死的,奄奄一息的hungry饥饿,饿了,饥饿的,饥肠辘辘undernourished营养不良,营养不足,营养不足的,营养不良的dehydrated脱水,脱水的,脱水型,无水malnourished营养不良,营养不良的,营养不足,营养不良的人peaked峰值,峰值的,峰顶的,峰顶weakened被削弱的,削弱了,弱化了,弱化faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的famished饥饿的,饥肠辘辘,饥寒交迫,饥肠辘辘的skinny瘦的,瘦小的,瘦弱的,瘦小empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细starved饥饿的,饿了,饿死了,挨饿的drawn绘制,绘图,绘制的,绘画haggard憔悴,憔悴的,憔悴的人,憔悴不堪craving渴望,欲望,愿望,瘾头pinched被夹住,被夹住的,被夹住了,掐死perishing灭亡,消亡,殒落,殒命hungering饥肠辘辘,渴望,饥渴,饥饿感
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Chiefly British Informal.
- : somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
- : rather irritable: He's always a bit peckish after his nap.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Not that he ever did feel a bit peckish after the hearty snack, for his sandwich was pecked by the four young Seasons at home.
Feelin' a little peckish, I went into a eatin' house to-day and encountered a young man with long black hair and slender frame.
Peck is also an old word for provender, and we still speak of feeling peckish.
We're not likely to be in time for table d'hte—not that I'm peckish.
It's making me deuced peckish, I know that—how about lunch, eh!
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