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单词 ravening
释义
Ravening
vverb.contactobtain or seize by violence
Hypernyms:seize
Inherited Hypernyms:ravenseizetake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.consumptionprey on or hunt for
Synset:predate prey raven
Examples:
  • These mammals predate certain eggs
Derivationally Related Form:predationprey
Hypernyms:forage
Inherited Hypernyms:ravenforagefeedconsume
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: raven) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: prey)
vverb.consumptioneat greedily
Synset:devour guttle pig raven
Examples:
  • he devoured three sandwiches
Derivationally Related Form:pig
Hypernyms:eat
Inherited Hypernyms:devoureatconsume
Inherited Hypernyms:devoureateatconsume
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- more bread (apply to: devour, guttle)
vverb.consumptionfeed greedily
Examples:
  • The lions ravened the bodies
Hypernyms:eat feed
Inherited Hypernyms:ravenfeedconsume
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
adj satadj.allliving by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Synset:predatory rapacious raptorial vulturine vulturous
Examples:
  • a predatory bird
  • the rapacious wolf
  • raptorial birds
  • ravening wolves
  • a vulturine taste for offal
Antonyms:unaggressive
Derivationally Related Form:raptorvulture
Inherited Hypernyms:predatory
Similar to:aggressive
adj satadj.allexcessively greedy and grasping
Synset:rapacious voracious
Examples:
  • a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  • ravening creditors
  • paying taxes to voracious governments
Antonyms:unacquisitive
Derivationally Related Form:voraciousnessrapacity
Inherited Hypernyms:rapacious
Similar to:acquisitive
adj satadj.alldevouring or craving food in great quantities
Synset:edacious esurient rapacious ravenous voracious wolfish
Examples:
  • edacious vultures
  • a rapacious appetite
  • ravenous as wolves
  • voracious sharks
Antonyms:abstemious
Derivationally Related Form:edacityesuriencevoracityravenousnessrapaciousnessvoraciousnessrapacity
Inherited Hypernyms:edacious
Similar to:gluttonous
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