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。
• Mongolia is wedged between Russia and China, the latter a ravenous market.
  蒙古夹在俄罗斯和中国之间，而中国是一个资源饥渴的市场。
• Literally speaking, for the ravenous person, survival is king.
  从字面上来说，对于极饿的人，生存才是王道。
• Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
  三个人狼吞虎咽地又吃又喝，房间里一时安静下来，只有炉火的噼啪声，高脚酒杯的碰撞声，以及咀嚼食物的声音。
• I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts-men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  我躺卧在性如烈火的世人当中。他们的牙齿是枪，箭。
• 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。
• Of course, when I was devouring all these delicacies, my civilised wife never showed up, reluctant to see the pig's ear and feet and admire her husband's ravenous look.
  她不愿意看见猪耳朵和猪蹄子，更不愿意观赏到大丈夫那狼吞虎咽样子。
• Growing boys have ravenous appetites.
  长身体的男孩子胃口特大。
• Ravenous Jaws off the coast of Icecrown grew strangely large and have been returned to their normal size.
  冰冠西北小岛附近海域的鲨鱼已经从之前的庞然巨物回到了现在的尺寸。