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
- One day, the voracious bookworm came across a copy of the Chinese labour law.
有一天,这只如饥似渴的书虫偶然翻到了一本中国《劳动法》。 - Coyotes have a voracious reputation here.
土狼在这里有着贪婪的名声。 - She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.
什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌。 - 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。 - Like a person with a voracious appetite or a deep thirst, as your process evolves, you investigate these fields more and more.
像一个食欲旺盛之人或很渴的人那样,如同你进行进化那样,你调查这些领域越来越多。 - 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。 - Local media are covering every aspect of the scare with a voracious appetite.
当地媒体正在用贪婪的胃口报道这一恐慌的每一方面。 - After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
游完泳后,我发现我的食欲大增。 - The system's voracious pursuit of power and profit had turned foreign nations into enslaved colonies, and human beings into the playthings of economic forces beyond their control.
这个体系对权力和利润贪婪的追求把其他国家变成了殖民地,人类进入了经济游戏,可这种力量却超出了他们的控制。 - John would not be overweight if he were not such a voracious eater.
约翰如果不这么贪吃的话,就不会超重了。