| 单词 | ravenous |
| 释义 | ravenousWord family nounravenerravenravenousnessadjectiveraveningravenousadverbravenously Food rav·e·nous /ˈrævənəs/ adjectiveadj DFHBHvery hungry 极饿的 → starving I’m absolutely ravenous. 我饿极了。 a ravenous appetite 极大的胃口 —ravenously adverbadv I was ravenously hungry. 我饿坏了。 Examples from the Corpus ravenous• After the first spoonful of the thick and satisfying minestrone, Luce found she was ravenous.• Her small gold watch showed almost noon when she awoke, refreshed and ravenous.• Things always looked better on a full stomach, and right now she was ravenous.• When they awoke on the third morning, they were ravenous.• The boys ran in, ravenous after their game.• He crawls up to her on all fours like a gentle but ravenous bear and begins to nuzzle her.• The normally grass-rich ranges are barren, chewed down to dust by ravenous cattle.• Towards the end he was ravenous for status.• I felt the ravenous spell of the place. (1400-1500) Old French ravineux, from Latin rapere; → RAPE1 |
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