rapacious
英 [rə'peɪʃəs]
美[rə'peʃəs]
- adj. 贪婪的；掠夺的
词态变化
副词: rapaciously;名词: rapacity;
中文词源
rapacious 贪婪的
来自拉丁语 rapax 的所有格形式 rapacis,劫掠的，贪婪的，来自 rapere,抓住，抓取，词源同 rob,rip,rape.
英英释意
- 1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;
- "a predatory bird"
- "the rapacious wolf"
- "raptorial birds"
- "ravening wolves"
- "a vulturine taste for offal"
- 2. excessively greedy and grasping;
- "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
- "ravening creditors"
- "paying taxes to voracious governments"
- 3. devouring or craving food in great quantities;
- "edacious vultures"
- "a rapacious appetite"
- "ravenous as wolves"
- "voracious sharks"
英文词源
- rapacious
- rapacious: see rapture
- rapacious (adj.)
- 1650s, from Latin rapaci-, stem of rapax "grasping," itself from stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapacity) + -ous. Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness.
实用场景例句
- He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
- 他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
辞典例句
- Hawks and other rapacious birds may be killed at any time.
- 隼和其他捕食动物的鸟随时可能被捕杀.
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- Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on variety of small animals.
- 老鹰和其他贪婪的鸟类捕食各种小动物.
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- He looked somehow rapacious.
- 他看起来有些凶悍.
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- No nation omits to record the actions of their ancestors, however bloody, savage and rapacious.
- 每个民族都不会消除他们祖先的历史记录,不论他们祖先的行为多么血腥, 野蛮和贪婪.
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- But Mr Stone is more interested in skewering rapacious financiers than rash homeowners.
- 但是斯通先生更感兴趣的是去讥讽贪婪的金融家,而不是冲动的物业购买者.
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