ravening
英 ['rævənɪŋ]
- adj. 贪婪饥饿的；掠食的
中文词源
ravening 饥饿的，富于攻击性的
来自 raven,饥饿，狼吞虎咽。
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
- ravening (adj.)
- "voracious," 1520s, present participle adjective from an extinct verb raven "to prey, to plunder, devour greedily" (late 14c., implied in ravener), from Old French raviner (see ravenous). It is not etymologically related to raven (n.).
实用场景例句
- He says the media are ravening wolves.
- 他说媒体就如同饿狼一般。
牛津词典
- A pack of wolves ravening about in the forest.
- 一群狼在森林中到处觅食.
期刊摘选
- KJV They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- [新译]他们向我大大地张嘴, 像抓撕吼叫的狮子.
期刊摘选
- The lion was ravening the prey.
- 那只狮子在贪婪地吞食着捕获的猎物.
期刊摘选
- They gaped upon me with their mouths a ravening and a roaring lion.
- 他们向我张口,好像抓撕吼叫的狮子.
期刊摘选
- Beware of false prophets , which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they ravening wolves.
- 你们要提防假先知.他们来到你们面前,外表看来像绵羊, 里面却是凶狠的豺狼.
期刊摘选
- The roaring lion was ravening the prey.
- 那只怒吼的狮子贪婪地吞食捕获物.
期刊摘选
- They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- 13他们向我张口, 好像抓撕吼叫的狮子.
期刊摘选
- The ravening monsters that would burn the world to a cinder just to watch it burn.
- 掠夺成性的怪物.令世界燃为灰烬的目的,仅仅是为了观看世界的燃烧.
期刊摘选
- They open wide their mouth at me , As a ravening and a roaring lion.
- 诗22:13他们向我张口、好像抓撕吼叫的狮子.
期刊摘选
- It is the ravening lion roaming the earth seeking whom it may devour.
- 它就像荒野中游荡的狮子,在寻找可以吞食的猎物.
期刊摘选
- He says the media are ravening wolves.
- 他说媒体就如同饿狼一般。
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