Voracious
[və'reɪʃəs] or [və'reʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
艾维斯編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Ravenous, greedy, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate.
錄入:保拉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Hungry, absorbent, ravenous, rapacious, insatiate, omnivorous, gormandizing
ANT:Epicurean, squeamish, fastidious, delicate, dainty, nice
艾布拉姆編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. eager to devour: greedy: very hungry.—adv. Vorā′ciously.—ns. Vorac′ity Vorā′ciousness quality of being voracious.
整理:丽纳
例句/造句/用法:
- The man's voracious vanity devoured this implied tribute to his local and critical supremacy with an appearance of the highest relish. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Afterward Empson and Dudley, two voracious dogs of prey, under the protection of this high court, exercised the most merciless acts of oppression. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
整理:丽纳