voracious
英 [vəˈreɪʃəs]
美 [vəˈreɪʃəs]
adj. 饭量大的; 贪吃的; 狼吞虎咽的; (对信息、知识)渴求的; 求知欲强的
BNC.20904 / COCA.16557
牛津词典
adj.
- 饭量大的;贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的
eating or wanting large amounts of food- a voracious eater
贪吃的人 - to have a voracious appetite
胃口极大
- a voracious eater
- (对信息、知识)渴求的;求知欲强的
wanting a lot of new information and knowledge- a voracious reader
求知欲极强的读者 - a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩
- a voracious reader
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的;渴求的
If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, asvoracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。 - ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求
- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
英英释义
adj
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- excessively greedy and grasping
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
双语例句
- So imagine their surprise when one day the baby comes to life, and with a voracious appetite!
意外的是有天这个树桩居然活了并且非常贪吃,胃口大得惊人。 - China's vast TV audience is the world's biggest, with a voracious demand for programming.
中国拥有世界最庞大的观众群体,因此国内对于影视题材、演员的需求也非常大。 - The giant star-forming galaxies and voracious black holes of the universe's past are now moribund.
过去在宇宙中形成恒星的巨大星系与狼吞虎的黑洞,现在都处于停滞状态。 - The system's voracious pursuit of power and profit had turned foreign nations into enslaved colonies, and human beings into the playthings of economic forces beyond their control.
这个体系对权力和利润贪婪的追求把其他国家变成了殖民地,人类进入了经济游戏,可这种力量却超出了他们的控制。 - China still has a voracious appetite for foreign investment and technology transfer.
对于外资和技术转移,中国仍然有着浓厚的兴趣。 - Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。 - Given their voracious demand for secure fixed income, global investors would fund this at extremely low rates.
考虑到全球投资者对于安全固定收益证券的贪婪需求,他们会愿意以极低的利率购买这些债券。 - Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites.
贪吃的水栖龟,其平展而柔软的壳外还有一层坚韧的表皮;被其咬伤的伤口会很疼。 - He is also a voracious reader, which is unusual among the monomaniacal engineers of Silicon Valley.
陈士骏还是个如饥似渴的读者,这在硅谷(siliconvalley)那些有些偏执狂的工程师中并不多见。 - Trolls are savage, rubbery grey-green skinned giants with a voracious appetite for flesh.
巨魔都是野蛮的,他们有灰绿色橡胶般的皮肤和对肉类贪婪。