ravening

英 [ˈrævənɪŋ]

美 [ˈrævənɪŋ]

adj.  凶猛的; 饥饿而富攻击性的

现在分词：ravening　

BNC.44564 / COCA.46074

牛津词典

adj.

• 凶猛的；饥饿而富攻击性的
  aggressive and hungry
  1. He says the media are ravening wolves.
     他说媒体就如同饿狼一般。

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:edaciousesurientrapaciousravenousvoraciouswolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping
  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  2. ravening creditors
  3. paying taxes to voracious governments
  Synonym:rapaciousvoracious
• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  1. a predatory bird
  2. the rapacious wolf
  3. raptorial birds
  4. ravening wolves
  5. a vulturine taste for offal
  Synonym:predatoryrapaciousraptorialvulturinevulturous

双语例句

• And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  主对他说，如今你们法利赛人洗净杯盘的外面。你们里面却满了勒索和邪恶。
• They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  他们向我大大地张嘴，像抓撕吼叫的狮子。
• The roaring lion was ravening the prey.
  那只怒吼的狮子贪婪地吞食捕获物。
• He says the media are ravening wolves.
  他说媒体就如同饿狼一般。
• I know that, after my departure, ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
  我知道在我离开之后，将有凶暴的豺狼进到你们中间，不顾惜羊群。
• It is the ravening lion roaming the earth seeking whom it may devour.
  它就像荒野中游荡的狮子，在寻找可以吞食的猎物。
• Probity Brings Prosperity While Avarice Leads To Decline& One Of The Lessons Learned From History; a rapacious divorcee on the prowl; ravening creditors; paying taxes to voracious governments.
  廉则兴贪则衰&戒贪立廉史鉴之一一个四处徘徊的贪婪的离婚者；贪婪的债主；交税给贪婪的政府。
• They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
  诗22：13他们向我张口、好像抓撕吼叫的狮子。
• The French invading army, like a ravening beast that has received its death-wound in its onslaught, felt its end near.
  法国侵略者像一头疯狂的野兽，在它跳跃奔跑中受了致命伤，感到自己的死期将至；
• Should the diver parse, from the ravening monster's jaw he'd never hold the precious pearl, the bright pearl, in his grasp.
  如果潜水员分析，从猎食怪物的下巴他从来没有举行珍贵珍珠的璀璨明珠，在他的掌握。