ravenous

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源自中古英語 ravenousravynous,源自古法語 ravineus

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  • IPA(幫助)/ˈɹævənəs/
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ravenous (比較級 more ravenous最高級 most ravenous)

  1. 非常饥饿
    • 1922Ben Travers,章號5,出自 A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
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  2. 贪婪
    • 1843, 托马斯·卡莱尔Past and Present,卷3,章节IX,Working Aristocracy
      Supply-and-demand? One begins to be weary of such work. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: — it is the Gospel of Despair!
    • 1986约翰·勒卡雷A Perfect Spy:
      Mrs. Michael turned out to be a ravenous, fast-fading woman in a slashed skirt and a low blouse over an unappetising chest. While her husband did things in his shed, where he appeared to live, Pym inexpertly mixed the Yorkshire pudding and fought off her embraces...
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