Raven
['reɪv(ə)n] or ['revən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.
(verb.) feed greedily; 'The lions ravened the bodies'.
(verb.) prey on or hunt for; 'These mammals predate certain eggs'.
(verb.) obtain or seize by violence.
編輯:普鲁登斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
(a.) Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
(n.) Rapine; rapacity.
(n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
(v. t.) To obtain or seize by violence.
(v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
(v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
杰奎琳編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Black, ebon, inky, sable.
整理:诺里斯
解釋/意思:
n. a kind of crow noted for its croak and glossy black plumage.—adj. black like a raven.—adj. Rā′ven-col′oured (Shak.).—ns. Rā′ven's-duck fine hempen sail-cloth; Rā′venstone a gallows.
v.t. to obtain by violence: to devour with great eagerness or voracity.—v.i. to prey rapaciously.—n. prey: plunder.—ns. Rav′ener a plunderer; Rav′ening (B.) eagerness for plunder.—adjs. Rav′enous Rav′ined voracious: devouring with rapacity: eager for prey or gratification.—adv. Rav′enously.—n. Rav′enousness.
整理:昆廷
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a raven, denotes reverse in fortune and inharmonious surroundings. For a young woman, it is implied that her lover will betray her. See Crow.
约瑟芬校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Bois-Guilbert's new shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Nothing, said the Jewess; all about him is black as the wing of the night raven. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Paul's hair was shorn close as raven down, or I think it would have bristled on his head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Whet the steel, the raven croaks! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Under its dense, raven boughs a glimpse of sky opened gravely blue. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Laurie opened the window, and croaked out as hoarsely as a raven. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- However, Margaret defied the raven, and would hope. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I dare say he can be harsh as a saw-edge and gruff as a hungry raven. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Her profuse raven locks were entirely unadorned, and her neck, arms and fingers were covered with glittering jewels of every colour. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Shall be pleased with his acquaintance, said Marks, thrusting out a long, thin hand, like a raven's claw. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I will hang thee out to feed the ravens, from the very pinnacle of thine own castle. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- From the east, a band of ravens, old inhabitants of the Turkish cemeteries, came sailing along towards their harvest; the sun disappeared. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- We visited the fountain the prophet Elisha sweetened (it is sweet yet,) where he remained some time and was fed by the ravens. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- On the top of the churchyard wall is a tombstone, on which are cut in high relief, two ravens, or such-like birds. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
手打:普里西拉