Voracious



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.狼吞虎咽的, 贪婪的
• ［英］ adj.狼吞虎咽的, 贪婪的 ( ravenous; excessively eager; insatiable)
• ［记］ vor ( 吃) +acious -> 吃得多的
• ［同］ 派生词: voracity ( n.贪食, 贪婪)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin vorac-, vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ācweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour
• Date: 1635
• 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous
• 2. excessively eager ; insatiable <a voracious reader>
• ? voraciously adverb
• ? voraciousness noun
• Synonyms:
  • voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink <teenagers are often voracious eaters>. gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety<an admiral who was gluttonous for glory>. ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite<a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion>. rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice<rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns>.

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