ravenous
英 ['ræv(ə)nəs]
美['rævənəs]
- adj. 贪婪的；渴望的；狼吞虎咽的
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. devouring or craving food in great quantities;
- "edacious vultures"
- "a rapacious appetite"
- "ravenous as wolves"
- "voracious sharks"