hankering

IPA/hˈaŋkəɹɪŋ/
KK[hˈæŋkɚɪŋ]IPA/hˈæŋkərɪŋ/

hankering — 名詞

1. a strong feeling that you want something, especially food or an experience that

1.名詞C1
釋義

渴望；嚮往

心中對某事物的強烈渴望

a strong feeling that you want something, especially food or an experience that reminds you of an earlier time.

例句

Asher had a sudden hankering for the dumplings his grandmother used to make.

Asher 突然渴望奶奶以前做的那種餃子。

a hankering for + noun (food)

After ten years in Berlin, Hana still gets a hankering for Taipei night-market food.

在柏林住了十年，Hana 仍時常嚮往台北夜市的小吃。

get + a hankering for + noun

同義詞
  • craving

    stronger and often physical (food, drugs); more urgent than 'hankering'

  • yearning

    more emotional and literary; usually for a person, place, or lost time

  • longing

    deeper and sadder; suggests something hard or impossible to obtain

反義詞

文法句型

a hankering for + noun

a hankering to + verb

用法筆記

Almost always preceded by 'a' or 'the' and followed by 'for' + a noun (commonly a food, place, or activity) or 'to' + a base verb. Sounds slightly old-fashioned and warm — common in personal storytelling, less so in formal writing.

常見錯誤

❌I am hankering chocolate.
✅I have a hankering for chocolate.
💡the noun needs an article and the preposition 'for'.
❌She has hankering about visiting Kyoto.
✅She has a hankering to visit Kyoto.
💡use 'to' + base verb, not 'about + -ing'.

hankering — 動詞