ravenous

英 [ˈrævənəs]

美 [ˈrævənəs]

adj.  极其饥饿的; 严重的; 十分的

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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

• They'll be ravenous after dancing!
  那些人跳过舞后一定会饿的狼吞虎咽！
• 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。
• The ravenous lions tore at the carcass.
  这些饥饿的狮子撕碎了那动物的体。
• They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous; and they soon had the campfire blazing up again.
  他们玩得兴致淋漓地回到他们露营的地方，心里非常欢喜，肚子也饿得很想吃东西了，不久他们就把营火又弄得旺盛起来。
• Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
  三个人狼吞虎咽地又吃又喝，房间里一时安静下来，只有炉火的噼啪声，高脚酒杯的碰撞声，以及咀嚼食物的声音。
• In a sense a company becomes a ravenous, selfish child who must be fed with cash, energy and passion – in the hope that one day the baby will grow up and repay all that effort.
  某种意义上讲，公司是一个必须用资金、精力和热情喂养的孩子，贪婪而自私，企业家希望有朝一日这个孩子长大成人，回报之前所有的努力。
• Your thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves.
  你迫近问题的想法像一只贪婪的狼。
• But this spring occupants of the spider motels awakened from hibernation healthy and ravenous.
  然而今春蜘蛛旅馆的客人们从冬眠中醒来时却健康而且饥肠辘辘。
• Don't push back lunch until you are ravenous.
  不要推迟午饭，直到您贪婪。
• The real problem is their ravenous appetite.
  真正的问题是它们贪婪的食欲。