Definition of ravenous in English:

ravenous

adjective ˈrav(ə)nəsˈræv(ə)nəs

1Extremely hungry.
饿极的
I'd been out all day and was ravenous
Example sentencesExamples
- Food is served fast and hot, and the waiting staff are tolerant - they barely bat an eyelid at drunk, ravenous students.
- Our sallow skin and lean, ravenous eyes (so suggestive of scurvy) give us away.
- That description belonged to a pack of ravenous Eagles.
- Mr. Numan walked in attracted by the smells of fine dinner on the table, collapsed at his chair, and ate some food like a ravenous animal.
- She not only insists that her husband tell her he loves her every night, but she's ravenous for information about how much he loves her.
- By contrast, North Americans are ravenous consumers of energy.
- Tartan is pulled across the cold steel floor like an animal being brought to the slaughter by a ravenous predator.
- Mind you, I would be reluctant, to send a ravenous band of travel-worn tourists there for a late-night meal, without first having made a reservation.
- I had come off the golf course feeling ravenous, so my choices were influenced by a desire for meat, and lots of it.
- At night, they advised us to put on our under-bungalow lights and wait for the floorshow of ravenous and strange-looking fish gobbling up plankton just beneath us.
- In 1455 he was returning from a meeting at Doncaster, possibly with the Knights Templars or Grey Friars, when he was set upon by a ravenous wild cat.
- Along the way she is accosted by ravenous predators.
- It almost goes without saying that she elected not to finish breakfast and was consequently ravenous and difficult by mid-morning.
- I am secretly a ravenous animal for compliments
- It is also time that we must take greater care in managing our garbage from ravenous dogs and ravens.
- At that spot, they found a dead deer, still steaming, and took hungry, ravenous bites out of it.
- One candidate knows that if Giblets's rivals are elected president he could transform into a pack of ravenous wolves and eat your children.
- It's the story of a ravenous caterpillar that eats so much he makes himself sick before finally transforming into a beautiful butterfly.
- That's the problem with swimming, it makes me ravenous.
- They were always scavenging for the latest hint of gossip as if they were ravenous animals on the trail of a wounded deer.
Synonyms
very hungry, starving, starved, famished
informal with one's stomach cleaving to one's backbone
rare sharp-set, esurient
1. 1.1 (of hunger or need) very great; voracious.
  （饥饿感）强烈的；（需求）如饥似渴的
  a ravenous appetite
  旺盛的食欲。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Such is the ravenous appetite for good films possessed by those who love them.
  If you have a ravenous appetite for rock and jazz, this is a must-read.
  Sarah and I sat in one corner of the lobby, not exactly having ravenous appetites.
  Thanks to a ravenous appetite, he soon reaches 15 feet, and becomes increasingly difficult to hide.
  The wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen made me all the more aware of my ravenous hunger.
  He didn't even notice the ravenous hunger that made his stomach rumble in silent agony.
  The ravenous appetite I worked up instantly disappeared.
  Others have a ravenous appetite for the glues used to bond carpet to its backing.
  Am I, as an entertainment journalist, feeding the public's ravenous appetite for more celebrity?
  Arrive before you have built up a ravenous hunger.
  However, often underestimated is the equally ravenous appetite they have for high-performance data access.
  The meagre supplies she had brought had not lasted long with her ravenous hunger.
  But Johnson's latest performance in the red and green of Leicester showed that he still has a ravenous appetite for club rugby.
  I slept well, and woke with a ravenous appetite for breakfast, as usual.
  Despite her ravenous hunger, Alicia had to struggle to stifle her gag reflex.
  That taste of carnal pleasure unleashed a ravenous appetite.
  The size of a hornet hive grows quickly as the season progresses - and so does the ravenous hunger of the young hornets.
  At its worst, it combined the naivety of the 1960s, the anti-intellectualism of the 1970s and the ravenous greed of the 1980s.
  Their ravenous appetite for fellow fish makes them one of the largest fresh water species.
  You will develop a ravenous appetite when you're not on the bike anyway.
  Synonyms
  voracious, insatiable, ravening, wolfish
  greedy, gluttonous, gannet-like
  literary insatiate
  rare edacious

Derivatives

ravenously

adverb ˈrav(ə)nəsli

With mike in hand, he attempted to sing, but women, clawing ravenously, shredded his shirt.
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course I ate it so ravenously that I burned the top of my mouth.
- As we eat ravenously, chipmunks scavenge for crumbs.
- She ate ravenously, as if unaccustomed to plentiful food - as indeed she was.
- And inevitably, watching these shows makes you ravenously hungry.

ravenousness

noun

Within this unapologetic ravenousness, modestly scaled galleries remain among the few institutions that offer the hope of artistic refuge, drawing in enough of the locals to support a token sense of regionalism.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a kind of wide-eyed ravenousness among all buffet-goers.
- As their ravenousness for power grew, their cities began to fall apart.
- By impartially observing my ravenousness and making light of my food desires, I am dissolving my mental hunger pangs.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner 'to ravage' (see raven²).

Rhymes

cavernous

Definition of ravenous in US English:

ravenous

adjectiveˈrav(ə)nəsˈræv(ə)nəs

1Extremely hungry.
饿极的
Example sentencesExamples
- Food is served fast and hot, and the waiting staff are tolerant - they barely bat an eyelid at drunk, ravenous students.
- I had come off the golf course feeling ravenous, so my choices were influenced by a desire for meat, and lots of it.
- It's the story of a ravenous caterpillar that eats so much he makes himself sick before finally transforming into a beautiful butterfly.
- Along the way she is accosted by ravenous predators.
- It almost goes without saying that she elected not to finish breakfast and was consequently ravenous and difficult by mid-morning.
- One candidate knows that if Giblets's rivals are elected president he could transform into a pack of ravenous wolves and eat your children.
- She not only insists that her husband tell her he loves her every night, but she's ravenous for information about how much he loves her.
- I am secretly a ravenous animal for compliments
- In 1455 he was returning from a meeting at Doncaster, possibly with the Knights Templars or Grey Friars, when he was set upon by a ravenous wild cat.
- Our sallow skin and lean, ravenous eyes (so suggestive of scurvy) give us away.
- At night, they advised us to put on our under-bungalow lights and wait for the floorshow of ravenous and strange-looking fish gobbling up plankton just beneath us.
- At that spot, they found a dead deer, still steaming, and took hungry, ravenous bites out of it.
- By contrast, North Americans are ravenous consumers of energy.
- Tartan is pulled across the cold steel floor like an animal being brought to the slaughter by a ravenous predator.
- They were always scavenging for the latest hint of gossip as if they were ravenous animals on the trail of a wounded deer.
- That's the problem with swimming, it makes me ravenous.
- It is also time that we must take greater care in managing our garbage from ravenous dogs and ravens.
- Mind you, I would be reluctant, to send a ravenous band of travel-worn tourists there for a late-night meal, without first having made a reservation.
- That description belonged to a pack of ravenous Eagles.
- Mr. Numan walked in attracted by the smells of fine dinner on the table, collapsed at his chair, and ate some food like a ravenous animal.
Synonyms
very hungry, starving, starved, famished
1. 1.1 (of hunger or need) very great; voracious.
  （饥饿感）强烈的；（需求）如饥似渴的
  a ravenous appetite
  旺盛的食欲。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ravenous appetite I worked up instantly disappeared.
  At its worst, it combined the naivety of the 1960s, the anti-intellectualism of the 1970s and the ravenous greed of the 1980s.
  The meagre supplies she had brought had not lasted long with her ravenous hunger.
  But Johnson's latest performance in the red and green of Leicester showed that he still has a ravenous appetite for club rugby.
  He didn't even notice the ravenous hunger that made his stomach rumble in silent agony.
  Such is the ravenous appetite for good films possessed by those who love them.
  I slept well, and woke with a ravenous appetite for breakfast, as usual.
  Sarah and I sat in one corner of the lobby, not exactly having ravenous appetites.
  Their ravenous appetite for fellow fish makes them one of the largest fresh water species.
  Arrive before you have built up a ravenous hunger.
  Am I, as an entertainment journalist, feeding the public's ravenous appetite for more celebrity?
  That taste of carnal pleasure unleashed a ravenous appetite.
  The wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen made me all the more aware of my ravenous hunger.
  The size of a hornet hive grows quickly as the season progresses - and so does the ravenous hunger of the young hornets.
  Thanks to a ravenous appetite, he soon reaches 15 feet, and becomes increasingly difficult to hide.
  If you have a ravenous appetite for rock and jazz, this is a must-read.
  Others have a ravenous appetite for the glues used to bond carpet to its backing.
  However, often underestimated is the equally ravenous appetite they have for high-performance data access.
  Despite her ravenous hunger, Alicia had to struggle to stifle her gag reflex.
  You will develop a ravenous appetite when you're not on the bike anyway.
  Synonyms
  voracious, insatiable, ravening, wolfish

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage’ (see raven).

单词	ravenous
释义	Definition of ravenous in English: ravenous adjective ˈrav(ə)nəsˈræv(ə)nəs 1Extremely hungry. 饿极的 I'd been out all day and was ravenous Example sentencesExamples Food is served fast and hot, and the waiting staff are tolerant - they barely bat an eyelid at drunk, ravenous students. Our sallow skin and lean, ravenous eyes (so suggestive of scurvy) give us away. That description belonged to a pack of ravenous Eagles. Mr. Numan walked in attracted by the smells of fine dinner on the table, collapsed at his chair, and ate some food like a ravenous animal. She not only insists that her husband tell her he loves her every night, but she's ravenous for information about how much he loves her. By contrast, North Americans are ravenous consumers of energy. Tartan is pulled across the cold steel floor like an animal being brought to the slaughter by a ravenous predator. Mind you, I would be reluctant, to send a ravenous band of travel-worn tourists there for a late-night meal, without first having made a reservation. I had come off the golf course feeling ravenous, so my choices were influenced by a desire for meat, and lots of it. At night, they advised us to put on our under-bungalow lights and wait for the floorshow of ravenous and strange-looking fish gobbling up plankton just beneath us. In 1455 he was returning from a meeting at Doncaster, possibly with the Knights Templars or Grey Friars, when he was set upon by a ravenous wild cat. Along the way she is accosted by ravenous predators. It almost goes without saying that she elected not to finish breakfast and was consequently ravenous and difficult by mid-morning. I am secretly a ravenous animal for compliments It is also time that we must take greater care in managing our garbage from ravenous dogs and ravens. At that spot, they found a dead deer, still steaming, and took hungry, ravenous bites out of it. One candidate knows that if Giblets's rivals are elected president he could transform into a pack of ravenous wolves and eat your children. It's the story of a ravenous caterpillar that eats so much he makes himself sick before finally transforming into a beautiful butterfly. That's the problem with swimming, it makes me ravenous. They were always scavenging for the latest hint of gossip as if they were ravenous animals on the trail of a wounded deer. Synonyms very hungry, starving, starved, famished informal with one's stomach cleaving to one's backbone rare sharp-set, esurient 1.1 (of hunger or need) very great; voracious. （饥饿感）强烈的；（需求）如饥似渴的 a ravenous appetite 旺盛的食欲。 Example sentencesExamples Such is the ravenous appetite for good films possessed by those who love them. If you have a ravenous appetite for rock and jazz, this is a must-read. Sarah and I sat in one corner of the lobby, not exactly having ravenous appetites. Thanks to a ravenous appetite, he soon reaches 15 feet, and becomes increasingly difficult to hide. The wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen made me all the more aware of my ravenous hunger. He didn't even notice the ravenous hunger that made his stomach rumble in silent agony. The ravenous appetite I worked up instantly disappeared. Others have a ravenous appetite for the glues used to bond carpet to its backing. Am I, as an entertainment journalist, feeding the public's ravenous appetite for more celebrity? Arrive before you have built up a ravenous hunger. However, often underestimated is the equally ravenous appetite they have for high-performance data access. The meagre supplies she had brought had not lasted long with her ravenous hunger. But Johnson's latest performance in the red and green of Leicester showed that he still has a ravenous appetite for club rugby. I slept well, and woke with a ravenous appetite for breakfast, as usual. Despite her ravenous hunger, Alicia had to struggle to stifle her gag reflex. That taste of carnal pleasure unleashed a ravenous appetite. The size of a hornet hive grows quickly as the season progresses - and so does the ravenous hunger of the young hornets. At its worst, it combined the naivety of the 1960s, the anti-intellectualism of the 1970s and the ravenous greed of the 1980s. Their ravenous appetite for fellow fish makes them one of the largest fresh water species. You will develop a ravenous appetite when you're not on the bike anyway. Synonyms voracious, insatiable, ravening, wolfish greedy, gluttonous, gannet-like literary insatiate rare edacious Derivatives ravenously adverb ˈrav(ə)nəsli With mike in hand, he attempted to sing, but women, clawing ravenously, shredded his shirt. Example sentencesExamples Of course I ate it so ravenously that I burned the top of my mouth. As we eat ravenously, chipmunks scavenge for crumbs. She ate ravenously, as if unaccustomed to plentiful food - as indeed she was. And inevitably, watching these shows makes you ravenously hungry. ravenousness noun Within this unapologetic ravenousness, modestly scaled galleries remain among the few institutions that offer the hope of artistic refuge, drawing in enough of the locals to support a token sense of regionalism. Example sentencesExamples There is a kind of wide-eyed ravenousness among all buffet-goers. As their ravenousness for power grew, their cities began to fall apart. By impartially observing my ravenousness and making light of my food desires, I am dissolving my mental hunger pangs. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner 'to ravage' (see raven²). Rhymes cavernous Definition of ravenous in US English: ravenous adjectiveˈrav(ə)nəsˈræv(ə)nəs 1Extremely hungry. 饿极的 Example sentencesExamples Food is served fast and hot, and the waiting staff are tolerant - they barely bat an eyelid at drunk, ravenous students. I had come off the golf course feeling ravenous, so my choices were influenced by a desire for meat, and lots of it. It's the story of a ravenous caterpillar that eats so much he makes himself sick before finally transforming into a beautiful butterfly. Along the way she is accosted by ravenous predators. It almost goes without saying that she elected not to finish breakfast and was consequently ravenous and difficult by mid-morning. One candidate knows that if Giblets's rivals are elected president he could transform into a pack of ravenous wolves and eat your children. She not only insists that her husband tell her he loves her every night, but she's ravenous for information about how much he loves her. I am secretly a ravenous animal for compliments In 1455 he was returning from a meeting at Doncaster, possibly with the Knights Templars or Grey Friars, when he was set upon by a ravenous wild cat. Our sallow skin and lean, ravenous eyes (so suggestive of scurvy) give us away. At night, they advised us to put on our under-bungalow lights and wait for the floorshow of ravenous and strange-looking fish gobbling up plankton just beneath us. At that spot, they found a dead deer, still steaming, and took hungry, ravenous bites out of it. By contrast, North Americans are ravenous consumers of energy. Tartan is pulled across the cold steel floor like an animal being brought to the slaughter by a ravenous predator. They were always scavenging for the latest hint of gossip as if they were ravenous animals on the trail of a wounded deer. That's the problem with swimming, it makes me ravenous. It is also time that we must take greater care in managing our garbage from ravenous dogs and ravens. Mind you, I would be reluctant, to send a ravenous band of travel-worn tourists there for a late-night meal, without first having made a reservation. That description belonged to a pack of ravenous Eagles. Mr. Numan walked in attracted by the smells of fine dinner on the table, collapsed at his chair, and ate some food like a ravenous animal. Synonyms very hungry, starving, starved, famished 1.1 (of hunger or need) very great; voracious. （饥饿感）强烈的；（需求）如饥似渴的 a ravenous appetite 旺盛的食欲。 Example sentencesExamples The ravenous appetite I worked up instantly disappeared. At its worst, it combined the naivety of the 1960s, the anti-intellectualism of the 1970s and the ravenous greed of the 1980s. The meagre supplies she had brought had not lasted long with her ravenous hunger. But Johnson's latest performance in the red and green of Leicester showed that he still has a ravenous appetite for club rugby. He didn't even notice the ravenous hunger that made his stomach rumble in silent agony. Such is the ravenous appetite for good films possessed by those who love them. I slept well, and woke with a ravenous appetite for breakfast, as usual. Sarah and I sat in one corner of the lobby, not exactly having ravenous appetites. Their ravenous appetite for fellow fish makes them one of the largest fresh water species. Arrive before you have built up a ravenous hunger. Am I, as an entertainment journalist, feeding the public's ravenous appetite for more celebrity? That taste of carnal pleasure unleashed a ravenous appetite. The wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen made me all the more aware of my ravenous hunger. The size of a hornet hive grows quickly as the season progresses - and so does the ravenous hunger of the young hornets. Thanks to a ravenous appetite, he soon reaches 15 feet, and becomes increasingly difficult to hide. If you have a ravenous appetite for rock and jazz, this is a must-read. Others have a ravenous appetite for the glues used to bond carpet to its backing. However, often underestimated is the equally ravenous appetite they have for high-performance data access. Despite her ravenous hunger, Alicia had to struggle to stifle her gag reflex. You will develop a ravenous appetite when you're not on the bike anyway. Synonyms voracious, insatiable, ravening, wolfish Origin Late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage’ (see raven).
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