voracious
英 [vəˈreɪʃəs]
美 [vəˈreɪʃəs]
adj. 饭量大的; 贪吃的; 狼吞虎咽的; (对信息、知识)渴求的; 求知欲强的
BNC.20904 / COCA.16557
牛津词典
adj.
- 饭量大的;贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的
eating or wanting large amounts of food- a voracious eater
贪吃的人 - to have a voracious appetite
胃口极大
- a voracious eater
- (对信息、知识)渴求的;求知欲强的
wanting a lot of new information and knowledge- a voracious reader
求知欲极强的读者 - a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩
- a voracious reader
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的;渴求的
If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, asvoracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。 - ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求
- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
英英释义
adj
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- excessively greedy and grasping
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
双语例句
- Trolls are savage, rubbery grey-green skinned giants with a voracious appetite for flesh.
巨魔都是野蛮的,他们有灰绿色橡胶般的皮肤和对肉类贪婪。 - In the left hand picture, people are fleeing from voracious sand dunes because they cut down all the trees.
左图中,人们被贪婪的沙丘追赶,因为他们砍伐了所有的树木。 - Meanwhile, children who are uncertain of their parents 'love develop a voracious hunger for it.
与此同时,对于父母的爱感到不确定的孩子,也会对父母的爱产生贪婪的渴求。 - Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。 - A rapacious divorcee on the prowl; ravening creditors; paying taxes to voracious governments.
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。 - China's vast TV audience is the world's biggest, with a voracious demand for programming.
中国拥有世界最庞大的观众群体,因此国内对于影视题材、演员的需求也非常大。 - Coyotes have a voracious reputation here.
土狼在这里有着贪婪的名声。 - Extremely hungry; voracious. He ate with the voracity of a starving man.
极饿的饿极而贪吃的他饿鬼似的贪婪地吃着。 - Since then, finance, like a never-ending, unscrupulously voracious vampire, changes into a manically wealth accumulator.
从那时起,金融就像一个永不休止、贪婪无度的“吸血鬼”,变成了一部疯狂敛财的机器。 - So imagine their surprise when one day the baby comes to life, and with a voracious appetite!
意外的是有天这个树桩居然活了并且非常贪吃,胃口大得惊人。