| 词汇 | voracious |
| 释义 | voracious adjective uk /vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ us /vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ very eager for something, especially a lot of food: 饥渴的;渴求的;（尤指）贪吃的 He has a voracious appetite(= he eats a lot).他的食量惊人。 He's a voracious reader of historical novels (= he reads a lot of them eagerly and quickly).他如饥似渴地阅读历史小说。 wanting or needing food hungryBy dinner time we all felt really hungry. starvingIs there anything to eat? I'm starving! starvedUSHe ate so quickly, like he was starved. famishedAfter that long workout, I'm absolutely famished. ravenousHe's going through a growth spurt, so he's just ravenous. Hungry & thirsty anorectic anorexigenic anti-hunger appetite be gaspingidiom famished food poverty hunger hunger striker hungrily parched ravenously smack your lipsidiom starvation starved thirst thirstily thirsty undernourished voracity You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Excited, interested and enthusiastic Related wordsvoraciously voraciousness voracious | American Dictionaryvoracious adjective us/vəˈreɪ·ʃəs, vɔ-/ needing a lot of something to be satisfied: Wolves are voracious eaters. As a child, I had a voracious appetite for books. Examples of voraciousvoracious This last species is a most voracious feeder. This revolution is voracious in its appetite for information on the effectiveness of health technology. For the first time in her life, she finds herself holding the reins and avows voracious hunger for power and possession of herself. The crayfish is a voracious predator of snails and other aquatic organisms. The failure of monsoons could halt the growth of warehouse surpluses while the voracious appetite of an expanding field army increased demands upon them. This aggressive species is a voracious flesheater, feeding on small vertebrates and arthropods. How, for instance, might an environmental history of suburbanization assess the impact of mass commuting or the voracious appetite of suburbia for rural landscapes. The great transforming force in modern human history has been a voracious capitalism, which, for example, has invaded the family and wrested from it its traditional socializing functions. It should be made clear that it is not hostile or voracious in its appetite for devouring neighbours and rivals in industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our precious oil revenues, which should be husbanded for investment for the future, are being squandered on the voracious demands of nationalised industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the last full year, the industry made a loss of £24·8 million and it is voracious of capital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The simplest textbooks are something that many children never see, yet the hunger for education is voracious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The "greater" denotes to me not only greater size but far greater voracious capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One reads further that capitalism was not merely voracious but was utterly inefficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an important mass art form, both in its theatrical form and in satisfying the voracious appetite of television. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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