ravenous的意思|ravenous的解释-里氏词典

ravenous ['rævinәs]

a. 贪婪的, 饿极的, 狼吞虎咽的

ravenous

[ adj ]

extremely hungry

<adj.all>

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

devouring or craving food in great quantities

<adj.all>

edacious vultures

a rapacious appetite

ravenous as wolves

voracious sharks

Ravenous \Rav"en*ous\ (r[a^]v"'n*[u^]s), a. [From 2d {Raven}.]
1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious;
hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite
or desire.
※ -- {Rav"en*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Rav"en*ous*ness}, n.

The home-grown product, with the exception of popular singing, is inferior, but the ravenous Tokyo appetite for the loudest, funkiest and best the West can offer is regularly satisfied by famous bands and singers.
Beginning as earth-bound "hoppers" in larva form, they accumulate and nestle, then move into their swarming _ and ravenous _ phase, poised for takeoff with the right combination of hot wind and humidity.
The state has declared war on a breed of crickets that can grow to the size of mice and bite people who interfere with their ravenous feeding.
The few Iraqis who have come across in this sector have been ravenous, lice-ridden and eager to share information about their positions.
"Catastrophic-health care has become a ravenous fiscal monster," says Rep. Harris Fawell, an Illinois Republican, who is trying to repeal the program.
On Father's Day, the ravenous rampage was just too repulsive for the Uminskis and their dinner guests.
He fed the "ravenous" little creature cat food and milk.

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