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voracious

音標[v?'rei??s] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 貪吃的, 狼吞虎咽的, 貪婪

詞型變化:

名詞:voracity 副詞:voraciously 

英文解釋:

形容詞 voracious:

  1. excessively greedy and grasping
    同義詞:rapacious, ravening
  2. devouring or craving food in great quantities
    同義詞:edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish

例句:

  1. A voracious reader.
    如饑似渴的讀者
  2. Indulging in something, such as an activity, to excess; voracious.
    沉溺於過分沉溺於某物的,如活動; 貪婪的

詳細解釋:


vo.ra.cious

adj.(形容詞)
Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
貪吃的:吃掉或想吃大量的食物;狼吞虎咽的
Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or a pursuit; greedy:
貪婪的:具有對某種活動或願望的不滿足的欲望的;貪婪的:
例句:
a voracious reader.
如饑似渴的讀者

來源:
From Latin vor3x vor3c-
源自 拉丁語 vor3x vor3c-
from vor3re [to swallow, devour]
源自 vor3re [吞咽,吞食]

【引伸】
vora.ciously
adv.(副詞)
vorac.ity
<參考辭彙><同義詞>voracious,gluttonous,rapacious,ravenousThe central meaning shared by these adjectives is .having or marked by boundless greed.:
這些形容詞所共有的中心意思是.具有無限的貪慾或以此為特徵的.:
例句:
a voracious observer of the political scene;
政治事件的饑渴觀察者;

例句:
a gluttonous appetite;
貪吃的大胃口;

例句:
rapacious demands;
貪婪的需要;

例句:
ravenous for power.
權利的貪慾


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