ravenous

英 [ˈrævənəs]

美 [ˈrævənəs]

adj.  极其饥饿的; 严重的; 十分的

TOEFLGRE

BNC.22776 / COCA.19381

牛津词典

adj.

• 极其饥饿的
  extremely hungry
  1. What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
     午饭吃什么？我饿死了。
• 严重的；十分的
  very great
  1. a ravenous appetite
     极强的食欲

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 非常饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
  If you areravenous, you are extremely hungry.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a pack of ravenous animals.
     一群饿极了的动物

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningvoraciouswolfish
• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:famishedsharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous; and they soon had the campfire blazing up again.
  他们玩得兴致淋漓地回到他们露营的地方，心里非常欢喜，肚子也饿得很想吃东西了，不久他们就把营火又弄得旺盛起来。
• The ravenous dog upset several garbage cans in its search for food.
  饿极了的狗翻倒了几个垃圾桶寻找食物。
• The ravenous lions tore at the carcass.
  这些饥饿的狮子撕碎了那动物的体。
• Most infants have a ravenous appetite.
  大多数婴儿胃口极好。
• In the meantime, Chinese lenders will continue to turn to the government and to capital markets to satisfy their ravenous appetite for fresh capital.
  与此同时，中资银行将继续求助于政府和资本市场，来满足其对新鲜资本的贪婪需求。
• The real problem is their ravenous appetite.
  真正的问题是它们贪婪的食欲。
• Mongolia is wedged between Russia and China, the latter a ravenous market.
  蒙古夹在俄罗斯和中国之间，而中国是一个资源饥渴的市场。
• Ravenous growth and maturing equity and credit markets should mean Asia offers a lot of opportunities.
  疾速的增长，日渐成熟的股票和信贷市场都意味着亚洲市场商机无限。
• A little bit of human courtesy can work wonders: something as simple as asking a glassless recruiter if they need a drink can mark you out from the ravenous crowd.
  些许谦恭也许能创造奇迹：比如问一位酒杯空空的招聘人员是否要喝一杯，也许这就能让你在贪婪的人群中脱颖而出，就这么简单。
• They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous;
  他们回到露营地时，神采奕奕，兴致勃勃，却也饥肠辘辘；