Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - appetite
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Appetite
appetite
noun Etymology: Middle English apetit, from Anglo-French, from Latin appetitus, from appetere to strive after, from ad- + petere to go to — more at feather Date: 14th century 1. any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life; especially the desire to eat 2. a. an inherent craving an insatiable ~ for work b. taste, preference the cultural ~s of the time — J. D. Hart • appetitive adjective
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n. 1 a natural desire to satisfy bodily needs, esp. for food or sexual activity. 2 (usu. foll. by for) an inclination or desire. Derivatives appetitive adj. Etymology: ME f. OF apetit f. L appetitus f. appetere seek after ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) аппетит 2) инстинктивная потребность (в пище, питье и т. п.) 3) склонность – sexual appetite ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. аппетит good appetite —- хороший аппетит to give smb. an appetite —- возбуждать аппетит to lose one's appetite —- потерять аппетит 2. физиол. потребность организма (инстинктивная) sexual appetite —- половое влечение 3. вкус; жажда, страсть; склонность human appetites —- людские страсти appetite for pleasure —- жажда удовольствий appetite for reading —- вкус к чтению cultural appetites of our time —- культурные запросы современного человека Id: the appetite comes with eating —- посл. аппетит приходит во время еды Id: a good appetite is the best sauce —- посл. хороший аппетит заменит лучшую приправу; голод - лучший повар ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) аппетит 2) инстинктивная потребность (в пище, питье и т.п.) - sexual appetite 3) охота, склонность an appetite for reading - склонность к чтению appetite comes with eating prov. - аппетит приходит во время еды ...Англо-русский словарь
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(appetites) 1. Your appetite is your desire to eat. He has a healthy appetite... Symptoms are a slight fever, headache and loss of appetite. N-VAR 2. Someone’s appetite for something is their strong desire for it. ...Americans’ growing appetite for scandal... N-COUNT: oft N for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a desire for food (a healthy appetite | lose your appetite) (She has completely lost her appetite since the operation. | have a huge/big/voracious appetite (=have the ability to eat a lot of food) | spoil/ruin your appetite (=eat before a meal and then not want to eat at the meal)) (Don't eat that cake now, you'll spoil your appetite. | give sb an appetite (=make them want to eat)) (All that walking has given me a big appetite.) 2 a desire or liking for a particular activity + for (Paul has no appetite for hard work.) sexual appetite (an insatiable sexual appetite) (- see also whet sb's appetite whet (1)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1303, from Anglo-Fr. appetit, from O.Fr. apetit, from L. appetere "to long for, desire" from ad- "to" + petere "go to, seek out." Especially of food, since its earliest recorded use. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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