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单词 gluttonous
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Definition of gluttonous in English:

gluttonous

adjective ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəsˈɡlətnəs
  • Excessively greedy.

    a gluttonous, cigar-smoking capitalist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the process, their brand of conservatism is beginning to look like a gluttonous attempt to funnel billions of dollars into the bank accounts of their friends and supporters.
    • Often those who carry extra pounds are assumed to be gluttonous, when in fact obesity is not necessarily the result of willful decisions on the part of those who are overweight.
    • It is the currency that bought infrastructural investment and a high standard of living, and the curse that attracted the gluttonous attention of the most powerful countries in the world.
    • If you're as gluttonous as we were, you should expect to pay $20 or so per person (including a complementary bowl of chips and homemade salsa), but you can also eat for much less.
    • If you become less gluttonous, less greedy, less myopic, more savvy about the world in general, they don't win; you win.
    Synonyms
    greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish
    informal piggish, piggy, hoggish, gannet-like, with eyes bigger than one's stomach
    rare edacious, esurient, gourmand, ventripotent

Derivatives

  • gluttonously

  • adverbˈɡlʌt(ə)nəsliˈɡlətnəsli
    • We gluttonously overordered the grilled and marinated meats, even retracing our steps for seconds.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Yum, yum, snarf, devour, gulp, chew, cram, etc,’ I started stuffing my face gluttonously as soon as supper was served.
      • Since the 1930s, serialized comics have appeared in phone-book-thick magazine compilations and hundred-page paperbacks, gluttonously consumed.
      • The way we eat in North America is gluttonously ugly.
      • But now it has gluttonously devoured much of what made the city work
 
 

Definition of gluttonous in US English:

gluttonous

adjectiveˈɡlətnəsˈɡlətnəs
  • Excessively greedy.

    a gluttonous, cigar-smoking capitalist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you become less gluttonous, less greedy, less myopic, more savvy about the world in general, they don't win; you win.
    • In the process, their brand of conservatism is beginning to look like a gluttonous attempt to funnel billions of dollars into the bank accounts of their friends and supporters.
    • It is the currency that bought infrastructural investment and a high standard of living, and the curse that attracted the gluttonous attention of the most powerful countries in the world.
    • If you're as gluttonous as we were, you should expect to pay $20 or so per person (including a complementary bowl of chips and homemade salsa), but you can also eat for much less.
    • Often those who carry extra pounds are assumed to be gluttonous, when in fact obesity is not necessarily the result of willful decisions on the part of those who are overweight.
    Synonyms
    greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish
 
 
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