ravenous

• adj. 贪婪的；渴望的；狼吞虎咽的

来自 raven,饥饿，狼吞虎咽。

ravenous

ravenous: [15] Ravenous was borrowed from Old French ravineux, a derivative of the verb raviner ‘seize by force’ (source of English raven, which nowadays appears mainly in its present participial form ravening). This came from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’, ancestor also of English rape. The central modern meaning of ravenous, ‘very hungry’, developed from the notion of predatory animals that ‘seize’ and eat their prey. Other English descendants of Latin rapere include rapacious, rapid, rapture, ravage, ravine, ravish [13], surreptitious, and usurp.
=> rape, rapture, raven

ravenous (adj.)

late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.

来自《权威词典》

2. The ravenous children ate everything on the table.

饿极了的孩子把桌上所有东西吃掉了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Most infants have a ravenous appetite.

大多数婴儿胃口极好.

来自辞典例句

5. By now Slote was ravenous.

这会儿斯鲁特狼吞虎咽了.

来自辞典例句