itch讀音：英 [?t?]，美 [?t?]。名詞：癢；搔癢；強烈願望；渴望；疥瘡。動詞：發癢；渴望；熱望。復數： itches。第三人稱單數： itches。現在分詞： itching。過去式： itched。過去分詞： itched。
Brown was depressed; the jungle ulcers on his feet had begun to itch and smart .
布朗悶悶不樂；腳上的“叢林瘡”又痛又癢。
Her hands itched to put everything in order which came so naturally to her .
她忍不住非要把壹切都收拾得有條不紊，這已成了她的天性。
At very high intensities, nuclear radiations cause itching and tingling of the skin .
當核輻射強度很高時，它能使皮膚感到發癢和刺痛。
It was a foolish risk, taken in a lost cause, but he was itching to get to it .
這是壹次愚蠢的冒險行動，是註定要失敗的，然而他卻迫不及待地想去試壹試。
I have as well as she, if the itch of play came in, i might soon lose that, and all the rest of what i had got .
我和她壹樣明白，假使我賭上癮來，我會失掉這些錢同我所有的壹切款子。