itch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++itch1 /ɪtʃ/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETC if part of your body or your clothes itch, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails （使）发痒 → scratch My feet were itching terribly. 我的脚痒得厉害。 The label on this shirt itches me. 这件衬衫上的标签刺得我痒痒的。2 be itching to do something/be itching for something informalWANT to want to do something very much and as soon as possible 急切地想做某事 He was itching for a fight. 他很想打架。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
itch• My back itches.• I just wanted to stop itching and sleep.• No doubt he had observed her talking to the Shergolds and was itching for the chance to find out what she knew.• These pants itch me.• It was something which Morton itched to do - perhaps only because he knew it was impossible.• And I positively itched to grab the oars and row, row, row.• Once a week or so accordion music sounds will make feet itch under a canopy of stars in the tiny village square.• His body itched where the cotton touched it.itch2 noun [singular] 1 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCan uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails 痒 Scratch my back – I have an itch. 给我挠挠背——我觉得痒。2 informalWANT a strong desire to do or have something 强烈愿望，渴望itch for an itch for adventure 想要探险的强烈愿望Examples from the Corpus
itch• Feeling an itch under her waistband, Fourth Aunt reached down and plucked out something fat and meaty.• She could feel a strange tugging, almost like an itch inside her head.• Now the buds are blossoming and the cricketing itch is gnawing at our stomachs.• But a familiar itch was making itself felt.• But when you came to hunt for this particular itch, it was always the next regiment that had it.• A tearful itch tickled my lids as spoked hangovers flashed past.Origin itch1 Old English giccanitch1 verbitch2 nounChinese
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itch1 /ɪtʃ/ 
verb
My feet were itching terribly.
The label on this shirt itches me.
2. be itching to do something/be itching for something informal to want to do something very much and as soon as possible:
He was itching for a fight.
itch2 noun [singular]
1. an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails:
Scratch my back – I have an itch.
2. informal a strong desire to do or have something
itch for
an itch for adventure
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verb Language: Old English
Origin: giccan
1. [intransitive and transitive] if part of your body or your clothes itch, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails ⇨ scratch:Origin: giccan
2. be itching to do something/be itching for something informal to want to do something very much and as soon as possible:
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noun [singular]1. an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails:
2. informal a strong desire to do or have something
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hurt (of part of your body) to feel painful; (of an action) to cause pain 指（身体部位）感到疼痛、（某一动作）引起疼痛 ：◆ My feet hurt. 我脚疼。 ◆ Ouch! That hurt! 哎哟！好疼！ ache to feel a continuous dull pain 指疼痛、隐痛 ：◆ I'm aching all over. 我周身疼痛。 burn (of part of your body) to feel very hot and painful 指（身体部位）火辣辣地痛、发烫 ：◆ Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air. 空气中弥漫的化学物质熏得我们的眼睛火辣辣地痛。 sting to make sb feel a sharp burning pain or uncomfortable feeling in part of their body; (of part of your body) to feel this pain 指（使）身体部位感觉刺痛、灼痛 ：◆ My eyes were stinging from the smoke. 烟熏得我眼睛痛。 tingle (of part of your body) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into the skin there 指（身体部位）感到刺痛 ：◆ The cold air made her face tingle. 冷空气冻得她的脸发痛。 itch to have an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; to make your skin feel like this 指（使）皮肤发痒 ：◆ I itch all over. 我浑身痒。 ◆ Does the rash itch? 皮疹痒吗？ throb (of part of your body) to feel pain as a series of regular beats 指（身体部位）有规律地抽动、抽痛 ：◆ His head throbbed painfully. 他的头一抽一跳地痛。
Patterns
your eyes hurt/ache/burn/sting/itchyour skin hurts/burns/stings/tingles/itchesyour flesh hurts/burns/stings/tinglesyour head hurts/aches/throbsyour stomach hurts/achesto really hurt/ache/burn/sting/tingle/itch/throbto hurt/ache/sting/itch badly/a lot It hurts/stings/tingles/itches.
