ravenous

• adj. 贪婪的；渴望的；狼吞虎咽的

来自 raven,饥饿，狼吞虎咽。

1. extremely hungry;

"they were tired and famished for food and sleep"

"a ravenous boy"

"the family was starved and ragged"

"fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

2. devouring or craving food in great quantities;

"edacious vultures"

"a rapacious appetite"

"ravenous as wolves"

"voracious sharks"

ravenous

ravenous: [15] Ravenous was borrowed from Old French ravineux, a derivative of the verb raviner ‘seize by force’ (source of English raven, which nowadays appears mainly in its present participial form ravening). This came from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’, ancestor also of English rape. The central modern meaning of ravenous, ‘very hungry’, developed from the notion of predatory animals that ‘seize’ and eat their prey. Other English descendants of Latin rapere include rapacious, rapid, rapture, ravage, ravine, ravish [13], surreptitious, and usurp.
=> rape, rapture, raven

ravenous (adj.)

late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.

The ravenous children ate everything on the table.

饿极了的孩子把桌上所有东西吃掉了.

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Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.

埃米意识到自己从离开布鲁顿大街之后什么东西都没吃，她饿极了。

柯林斯例句

Most infants have a ravenous appetite.

大多数婴儿胃口极好.

辞典例句

By now Slote was ravenous.

这会儿斯鲁特狼吞虎咽了.

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But this spring occupants of the spider motels awakened from hibernation healthy and ravenous.

然而今春蜘蛛旅馆的客人们从冬眠中醒来时却健康而且饥肠辘辘.

百科语句

Water's ravenous ingestion of external heat is partly responsible for regulation of the earth's themperature.

地球上温度的调节部分地有赖于水能够贪婪地吸收外部热量这一特征.

辞典例句

A meal had been prepared; I fell to with ravenous appetite.

饭已烧好, 我狼吞虎咽地吃了起来.

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The ravenous lion tore the quarry.

饥饿的狮子撕碎了猎物.

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I am perfectly ravenous.

我真饿极了.

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For thy desires wolfish, bloody, stare'd , and ravenous.

贪婪.因为你的欲望和性情正如狼一样, 贪婪, 嗜血, 残暴.

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I was working so hard that I forgot to have lunch and now I'm ravenous.

我太努力工作了,以至于忘记了吃午餐,现在我都快饿晕了!

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Mt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep ravenous wolves.

太七15你们要提防假申言者, 他们到你们这里来,外面披着绵羊的皮,里面却是贪食的狼.

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But Haitians ravenous from days without nourishment say the food is not nearly enough.

但对连日来缺乏营养的海地人说,食品远远不够.

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His appetite became ravenous and his caloric intake doubled, yet he lost 10 kg.

他的胃口变得很大,食物热量增加2倍, 但体重却减轻了10公斤.

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