voracious
英 [və'reɪʃəs]
美[və'reʃəs]
- adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的
词态变化
副词: voraciously;名词: voracity;
中文词源
voracious 贪吃的
来自拉丁语vorax,贪吃，词源同devour,herbivore.
英英释意
- 1. excessively greedy and grasping;
- "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
- "ravening creditors"
- "paying taxes to voracious governments"
- 2. devouring or craving food in great quantities;
- "edacious vultures"
- "a rapacious appetite"
- "ravenous as wolves"
- "voracious sharks"
英文词源
- voracious (adj.)
- 1630s, formed as an adjectival form of voracity. Related: Voraciously; voraciousness.
实用场景例句
- a voracious eater
- 贪吃的人
牛津词典
- to have a voracious appetite
- 胃口极大
牛津词典
- a voracious reader
- 求知欲极强的读者
牛津词典
- a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
- 一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩
牛津词典
- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
- 约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
- 这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They must take a break from their voracious consumption.
- 他们那种贪婪的消费必须止步了.
期刊摘选
- TODAY'S business leaders are voracious consumers of management advice.
- 今天的商业领导如饥似渴地寻求管理忠告.
期刊摘选
- Voracious insects, the system environment: PB 9.0 Description: Qi Xiaoqiang design another game!
- 贪吃虫, 系统环境: PB9.0说明: 祁小强设计的另一个游戏!
期刊摘选
- Diana was astute enough to understand the power of television and the voracious British tabloid newspapers.
- 黛安娜的智慧了解到电视和贪婪的英国狗仔小报所带来的影响力.
期刊摘选
- The British are the most voracious newspaper readers in the world.
- 英国人是世界上最贪婪的新闻读者们.
期刊摘选
- Tom is often voracious, one day he ate as much as three pounds of meat.
- 汤姆经常是狼吞虎咽的, 一天他吃了三磅肉.
期刊摘选
- She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.
- 什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌.
辞典例句
- John would not be overweight if he were not such a voracious eater.
- 约翰如果不这么贪吃的话,就不会超重了.
期刊摘选
- After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
- 游完泳后, 我发现我的食欲大增.
期刊摘选
- But his mother taught him to read early, and he became a voracious reader.
- 不过他母亲很早就教他读书, 他成为一个如饥似渴的读者.
英汉非文学 - 历史
- Pigs are voracious feeders.
- 猪贪吃无厌.
期刊摘选
- Pigs are voracious eaters.
- 猪是贪吃的动物.
期刊摘选
- There is too much physical energy coupled with a voracious appetite for action and excitement.
- 这有着过度的体能,联合着行动及刺激的难以满足的渴望.
期刊摘选
- Jianguo was also a voracious reader and a brilliant Go player.
- 建国不仅阅读量极大,并且是一名出色的围棋手.
期刊摘选
- He was a voracious reader of the translations of Eastern religious works.
- 他如饥似渴地阅读东方宗教著作的译本.
期刊摘选
- Actually they voluptuous, deceptive in habits, with a voracious physical appetite.
- 实际上,TA们 总是那么奢侈逸乐, 具有欺骗性, TA们 有著贪婪的肉体上的欲望.
期刊摘选
- These voracious predators consume some 500 pounds of food each day.
- 这些食欲旺盛的肉食动物每天要消耗大约五百磅的食物.
期刊摘选
- Work on the canal was slow and complicated by brutal heat, landslides and voracious insects.
- 运河的施工进度很缓慢,并且还饱受酷热 、 塌方以及严重虫害的拖累.
期刊摘选
- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
- 约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
辞典例句
- to have a voracious appetite
- 胃口极大
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