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

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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
  1. a voracious eater
     贪吃的人
  2. to have a voracious appetite
     胃口极大
• （对信息、知识）渴求的；求知欲强的
  wanting a lot of new information and knowledge
  1. a voracious reader
     求知欲极强的读者
  2. a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
     一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩

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.
  1. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
     约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
  2. ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
     这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningravenouswolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping
  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  2. ravening creditors
  3. paying taxes to voracious governments
  Synonym:rapaciousravening

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific.
  生活在北大西洋和太平洋中各种尖鼻子鲨鱼。
• 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。
• Despite his best attempts, he remains a regular and voracious programmer on many platforms and numerous environments.
  尽管已经尽了最大的努力，但他仍是一名工作于很多平台和多种环境中的普通而且好学的程序员。
• Coyotes have a voracious reputation here.
  土狼在这里有着贪婪的名声。
• Given their voracious demand for secure fixed income, global investors would fund this at extremely low rates.
  考虑到全球投资者对于安全固定收益证券的贪婪需求，他们会愿意以极低的利率购买这些债券。
• 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。
• They are only slightly less voracious than adults, who eat their own weight of food every day.
  它们的贪婪程度仅次于每天能吃掉相当于自身体重的食物的成虫。
• That is because no single sector seems to have had as voracious an appetite for credit as real estate.
  这是因为似乎没有其他哪个行业像房地产业那样，对于信贷有着如此贪婪的需求。