ravenous

rav·en·ous

R0059100 (răv′ə-nəs)adj.1. Extremely hungry or characterized by extreme hunger; voracious: missed lunch and was ravenous by dinnertime.2. Predatory or ferocious in predation: ravenous lions.3. Eager for gratification or extremely desirous: "I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news" (Margaret Atwood).

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[Middle English, from Old French ravineux, from raviner, to take by force, from Vulgar Latin *rapīnāre, from Latin rapīna, plunder; see rapine.]

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rav′en·ous·ly adv.rav′en·ous·ness n.

ravenous

(ˈrævənəs) adj1. famished; starving2. rapacious; voracious[C16: from Old French ravineux, from Latin rapīna plunder, from rapere to seize] ˈravenously adv ˈravenousness n

rav•en•ous

(ˈræv ə nəs)

adj. 1. extremely hungry; famished. 2. predatory: a ravenous jungle beast. 3. intensely eager: ravenous for affection. [1350–1400; Middle English < Old French ravineus=ravin(er) to raven² + -eus -ous] rav′en•ous•ly, adv. rav′en•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ravenous - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"esurient, famished, sharp-set, starvedhungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
	2.	ravenous - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"edacious, voracious, wolfish, esurient, rapacious, raveninggluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

ravenous

adjective1. starving, starved, very hungry, famished, esurient a pack of ravenous animals
starving full, glutted, sated, satiated2. greedy, insatiable, avaricious, covetous, grasping, insatiate He had moderated his ravenous appetite.

ravenous

adjective1. Desiring or craving food:famished, hungry, starving, voracious.2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume:edacious, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, voracious.3. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit:avid, edacious, gluttonous, greedy, omnivorous, rapacious, unappeasable, voracious.

Translations

贪婪的饿极了的

ravenous

(ˈrӕvənəs) adjective very hungry. 餓極了的 饿极了的ˈravenously adverb 餓壞了地 饥饿地贪婪地，大嚼地 ˈravenousness noun 餓壞了 贪婪

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