want² n 1 for want of because there is nothing else available or because there is nothing else you can do 因缺乏〔某物〕: We watched television, for want of anything better to do. 我们因为没有其他更好的事可做，就只好看电视。 2 [singular 单数，U] a lack of something important 需要（但缺乏）的东西 → see also 另见 WANTS