hunger
/ˈhʌŋɡə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhʌŋɡə/
hunger
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
hun - ger -> hunger
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hunger /'hʌŋgǝ(r)/ n
၁။ [U] (က) ငတ်ခြင်း။ He died of cold and hunger. (ခ) ဆာခြင်း။ ဆာလောင်မွတ်သိပ်ခြင်း။ feel pangs of hunger ❍ satisfy one's hunger.
၂။ [sing] ~ (for sth) (fml ) အာသီသရှိခြင်း။ have an insatiable hunger for adventure.
❏ hunger for/after sth/sb [PHRV ] တပ်မက်သည်။ မက်မောသည်။
❏ hunger march n အငတ်ပြဿနာရင်ဆိုင်ရသူတို့၏ ချီတက် ဆန္ဒပြပွဲ။
❏ hunger marcher n ငတ်ပြတ်၍ချီတက်ဆန္ဒပြသူ။
❏ hunger strike n (အကျဉ်းသား စသူတို့) အစာငတ်ခံဆန္ဒပြ ခြင်း။ be/go on (a) hunger strike. hunger striker n
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lack of food, food shortage, starvation, famine, appetite, a stomach for, ache, appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, bottomless pit, crave, craving, deprivation, desire, emptiness, esurience, eyes for, famishment, gluttony, greed, greediness, hanker, hankering, hungriness, long for, longing, lust, malnutrition, mania, munchies, need, other desire, passion, ravenousness, sweet tooth, thirst, thirst for, vacancy, void, voracity, want, wish, yearn, yearning, yen
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