ravenous
英 [ˈrævənəs]
美 [ˈrævənəs]
adj. 极其饥饿的; 严重的; 十分的
BNC.22776 / COCA.19381
牛津词典
adj.
- 极其饥饿的
extremely hungry- What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
午饭吃什么?我饿死了。
- What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
- 严重的;十分的
very great- a ravenous appetite
极强的食欲
- a ravenous appetite
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 非常饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
If you areravenous, you are extremely hungry.- 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。 - ...a pack of ravenous animals.
一群饿极了的动物
- Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.
英英释义
adj
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- 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
双语例句
- The real problem is their ravenous appetite.
真正的问题是它们贪婪的食欲。 - Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
三个人狼吞虎咽地又吃又喝,房间里一时安静下来,只有炉火的噼啪声,高脚酒杯的碰撞声,以及咀嚼食物的声音。 - A little bit of human courtesy can work wonders: something as simple as asking a glassless recruiter if they need a drink can mark you out from the ravenous crowd.
些许谦恭也许能创造奇迹:比如问一位酒杯空空的招聘人员是否要喝一杯,也许这就能让你在贪婪的人群中脱颖而出,就这么简单。 - He HAD the look of a man who could smell red meat, a ravenous, voracious manner as he collected his scalp.
他那样活象一个闻到牛肉味就要扑上去大嚼一顿的人,其贪得无厌的神态就象他搜集战利品一样。 - Literally speaking, for the ravenous person, survival is king.
从字面上来说,对于极饿的人,生存才是王道。 - Ghouls are ravenous cannibals who can regenerate their wounds by eating the flesh of fallen warriors.
食尸鬼可以通过吃尸体来治愈自己的创伤。 - The ravenous lions tore at the carcass.
这些饥饿的狮子撕碎了那动物的体。 - The ravenous dog upset several garbage cans in its search for food.
饿极了的狗翻倒了几个垃圾桶寻找食物。 - In the meantime, Chinese lenders will continue to turn to the government and to capital markets to satisfy their ravenous appetite for fresh capital.
与此同时,中资银行将继续求助于政府和资本市场,来满足其对新鲜资本的贪婪需求。 - Growing boys have ravenous appetites.
长身体的男孩子胃口特大。