ravenous

英 [ˈrævənəs]

美 [ˈrævənəs]

adj.  极其饥饿的; 严重的; 十分的

TOEFLGRE

BNC.22776 / COCA.19381

牛津词典

adj.

• 极其饥饿的
  extremely hungry
  1. What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
     午饭吃什么？我饿死了。
• 严重的；十分的
  very great
  1. a ravenous appetite
     极强的食欲

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 非常饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
  If you areravenous, you are extremely hungry.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a pack of ravenous animals.
     一群饿极了的动物

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningvoraciouswolfish
• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:famishedsharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• Your thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves.
  你迫近问题的想法像一只贪婪的狼。
• Drawn with ravenous hunger to the man what bears the black spot.
  带着一群无尽欲望的人来寻找手中有黑点的人。
• 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。
• The team is also fending off the ravenous English tabloids, hungering for whatever Beckham tidbit they can find.
  球队还在努力挡开那些贪婪的英国小报，他们饥渴地想要找到任何和贝克汉姆有关的珍闻。
• They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous;
  他们回到露营地时，神采奕奕，兴致勃勃，却也饥肠辘辘；
• Ravenous growth and maturing equity and credit markets should mean Asia offers a lot of opportunities.
  疾速的增长，日渐成熟的股票和信贷市场都意味着亚洲市场商机无限。
• 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。
• 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。
• China's1.4 billion people are rapidly urbanising and ravenous for all the goods they couldn't have a generation ago.
  中国的14亿人口正在经历快速的城市化进程，面对那些琳琅满目的前所未有的商品，他们进行着“饥饿性”消费。