ravenous

英语

词源

源自中古英語 ravenous、ravynous，源自古法語 ravineus。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɹævənəs/

• （英国）音频：

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形容词

ravenous (比較級 more ravenous，最高級 most ravenous)

1. 非常饥饿的
   • 1922, Ben Travers, 章號 5, 出自 A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.

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2. 贪婪的
   • 1843, 托马斯·卡莱尔，Past and Present，卷3，章节IX，Working Aristocracy

     Supply-and-demand? One begins to be weary of such work. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: — it is the Gospel of Despair!

   • 1986, 约翰·勒卡雷, A Perfect Spy:

     Mrs. Michael turned out to be a ravenous, fast-fading woman in a slashed skirt and a low blouse over an unappetising chest. While her husband did things in his shed, where he appeared to live, Pym inexpertly mixed the Yorkshire pudding and fought off her embraces...

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近义词

• starving (口语、比喻)

衍生词汇

• ravenously
• ravenousness

参见

• voracious