ravenous

• adj. 貪婪的；渴望的；狼吞虎咽的

來自 raven,饑餓，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.

1. What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.

午飯吃什麽？我餓死了。

來自《權威詞典》

2. The ravenous children ate everything on the table.

餓極了的孩子把桌上所有東西吃掉了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.

埃米意識到自己從離開布魯頓大街之後什麽東西都沒吃，她餓極了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Most infants have a ravenous appetite.

大多數嬰兒胃口極好.

來自辭典例句

5. By now Slote was ravenous.

這會兒斯魯特狼吞虎咽了.

來自辭典例句