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

• 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。
• The team is also fending off the ravenous English tabloids, hungering for whatever Beckham tidbit they can find.
  球队还在努力挡开那些贪婪的英国小报，他们饥渴地想要找到任何和贝克汉姆有关的珍闻。
• A meal had been prepared. I fell to with ravenous appetite.
  饭已备好，我开始狼吞虎咽地吃起来。
• 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。
• They'll be ravenous after dancing!
  那些人跳过舞后一定会饿的狼吞虎咽！
• The real problem is their ravenous appetite.
  真正的问题是它们贪婪的食欲。
• He HAD the look of a man who could smell red meat, a ravenous, voracious manner as he collected his scalp.
  他那样活象一个闻到牛肉味就要扑上去大嚼一顿的人，其贪得无厌的神态就象他搜集战利品一样。
• Lack of shuteye on a regular basis makes you ravenous for another reason. After poor sleep, you're more likely to have serious fatigue and brain fog.
  经常缺乏睡眠是使你感到饿，这种现象还有一个原因：睡眠缺乏后，你更有可能产生严重的大脑疲劳和脑雾。
• China's1.4 billion people are rapidly urbanising and ravenous for all the goods they couldn't have a generation ago.
  中国的14亿人口正在经历快速的城市化进程，面对那些琳琅满目的前所未有的商品，他们进行着“饥饿性”消费。
• I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts-men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  我躺卧在性如烈火的世人当中。他们的牙齿是枪，箭。