voracious
英 [v?'re???s]
美[v?'re??s]
- adj. 貪婪的；貪吃的；狼吞虎咽的
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?voraciously;名詞:?voracity;
中文詞源
voracious 貪吃的
來自拉丁語vorax,貪吃，詞源同devour,herbivore.
英文詞源
- voracious (adj.)
- 1630s, formed as an adjectival form of voracity. Related: Voraciously; voraciousness.
雙語例句
- 1. to have a voracious appetite
- 胃口極大
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
- 約瑟夫·史密斯是個(gè)如饑似渴的藏書家。
來自辭典例句
- 3. She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.
- 什么樣的愛情故事她都百看不厭.
來自辭典例句
- 4. But his mother taught him to read early, and he became a voracious reader.
- 不過他母親很早就教他讀書, 他成為一個(gè)如饑似渴的讀者.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
- 5. They must take a break from their voracious consumption.
- 他們那種貪婪的消費(fèi)必須止步了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)