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

• Drawn with ravenous hunger to the man what bears the black spot.
  带着一群无尽欲望的人来寻找手中有黑点的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most infants have a ravenous appetite.
  大多数婴儿胃口极好。
• 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。
• Ravenous growth and maturing equity and credit markets should mean Asia offers a lot of opportunities.
  疾速的增长，日渐成熟的股票和信贷市场都意味着亚洲市场商机无限。
• The real problem is their ravenous appetite.
  真正的问题是它们贪婪的食欲。
• 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。
• Ravenous Jaws off the coast of Icecrown grew strangely large and have been returned to their normal size.
  冰冠西北小岛附近海域的鲨鱼已经从之前的庞然巨物回到了现在的尺寸。
• 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。