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单词 voracious
释义
voracious
adjective
uk
/vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/us
/vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/
veryeagerfor something,especiallya lot offood:
饥渴的；渴求的；（尤指）贪吃的
He has a voraciousappetite(= heeatsa lot).他的食量惊人。
He's a voraciousreaderofhistoricalnovels(= hereadsa lot of themeagerlyandquickly).他如饥似渴地阅读历史小说。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hungry & thirsty
  • anti-hunger
  • appetite
  • be gaspingidiom
  • cannibalism
  • eat
  • food poverty
  • gasp
  • hunger
  • hunger striker
  • hungrily
  • hungry
  • parched
  • ravenously
  • smackyourlipsidiom
  • starvation
  • starved
  • thirst
  • thirstily
  • thirsty
  • undernourished
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic

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voraciously
voraciousness
(Definition ofvoraciousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

voracious| American Dictionary

voracious
adjective
us
/vəˈreɪ·ʃəs,vɔ-/
needinga lot of something to besatisfied:
Wolves are voraciouseaters.
As achild, I had a voraciousappetiteforbooks.
(Definition ofvoraciousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvoracious

voracious
This last species is a mostvoraciousfeeder.
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This revolution isvoraciousin its appetite for information on the effectiveness of health technology.
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For the first time in her life, she finds herself holding the reins and avowsvoracioushunger for power and possession of herself.
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The crayfish is avoraciouspredator of snails and other aquatic organisms.
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The failure of monsoons could halt the growth of warehouse surpluses while thevoraciousappetite of an expanding field army increased demands upon them.
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This aggressive species is avoraciousflesheater, feeding on small vertebrates and arthropods.
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How, for instance, might an environmental history of suburbanization assess the impact of mass commuting or thevoraciousappetite of suburbia for rural landscapes.
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The great transforming force in modern human history has been avoraciouscapitalism, which, for example, has invaded the family and wrested from it its traditional socializing functions.
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It should be made clear that it is not hostile orvoraciousin its appetite for devouring neighbours and rivals in industry.
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Our precious oil revenues, which should be husbanded for investment for the future, are being squandered on thevoraciousdemands of nationalised industries.
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In the last full year, the industry made a loss of £24·8 million and it isvoraciousof capital.
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The simplest textbooks are something that many children never see, yet the hunger for education isvoracious.
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The "greater" denotes to me not only greater size but far greatervoraciouscapacity.
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One reads further that capitalism was not merelyvoraciousbut was utterly inefficient.
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It is an important mass art form, both in its theatrical form and in satisfying thevoraciousappetite of television.
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