共發現 3 筆關於 [Appetency] 的資料 (解釋內文之英文單字均可再點入查詢)

資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  appetency
  欲望;性欲;本能;性向

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Appetency \Ap"pe*ten*cy\, n.; pl. {Appetencies}. [L. appetentia,
     fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See {Appetite}.]
     1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
        an eager appetite.
  
              They had a strong appetency for reading. --Merivale.
  
     2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in
        animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to
        suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim;
        the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies
        the wants of its organism.
  
              These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection
              or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is
              agreeable to their palate.            --E. Darwin.
  
     3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
        inanimate objects.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  appetency
       n : a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the
           object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as
           possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: {appetite}, {appetence}]