| 单词 | voracious |
| 释义 | voraciousWord family adverbvoraciouslyadjectivevoraciousnounvoracity Food vo·ra·cious /vəˈreɪʃəs, vɒ- $ vɔː-, və-/ adjectiveadj 1 DFHBGREEDYeating or wanting large quantities of food 贪吃的；食量大的，胃口大的 Pigs are voracious feeders. 猪的食量很大。 Kids can have voracious appetites. 小孩子有时胃口很大。 2 ENTHUSIASTIChaving an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something 渴求的，求知欲极强的 a voracious reader 一个如饥似渴的读者 Her appetite for information was voracious. 她对信息有强烈的渴求。 —voraciously adverbadv Anne has always read voraciously. 安妮总是如饥似渴地阅读。 —voracity /-ˈræsəti/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus voracious• He has a voracious appetite for knowledge about what is happening around every corner in New York City.• Walburga once suppressed the voracious appetite of a child by having her consume three ears of grain.• It is a voracious blood-sucker and even 100-200 worms are sufficient to produce death in sheep within a few weeks of infection.• Thus a dragonfly and its larva are both voracious eaters of their fellow creatures.• Caterpillars are voracious leaf-eaters.• It was a dorado or dolphin fish, a voracious predator which feeds mostly on flying fish.• A voracious reader, Vea is adamant about the pursuit of writing excellence.• a voracious reader voracious appetites• Children have voracious appetites for authenticity, but in drama we should never intimidate them with factual information. voracious reader• Academic staff are voracious readers and inveterate talkers.• A voracious reader, Vea is adamant about the pursuit of writing excellence.• He was a voracious reader with a compulsion to finish everything he started. (1600-1700) Latin vorax, from vorare; → DEVOUR |
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