water-hungry是什么意思啊

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water-hungry是什么意思啊
整句是 When precipitation is lowest,demand for crop irrigation is typically highest,and where water-hungry precipitations are grown as well as food,the demands are higher still.

water-hungry 需要水的,渴求水的那整句怎么翻译在降雨最少的时候,灌溉农作物的需求通常是最高的,而且在那些渴求水的植物被种植的区域,需求更高。