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单词 ravenous
释义
ravenous
adjective
uk
/ˈræv.ən.əs/us
/ˈræv.ən.əs/
extremelyhungry:
极其饥饿的
I'm ravenous - where'ssupper?我饿坏了——晚饭在哪里？
Growingboyshave ravenousappetites.正在长身体的男孩子饭量很大。
Synonyms
famishedinformal
hungry(NEEDING FOOD)
starvedmainlyUSinformal
starving(NO FOOD)informal
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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wantingsomething very much orwantinga lot of something:
a ravenousappetiteforcash
astagestarwho was ravenous forattention
More examples
  • Desperatedietersoftenskimponlunch, thenbecomeravenous andbingeallevening.
  • Ithinkthey areafraidthat thebearswill be ravenous andreadytoeatpeople.
  • Ravenoussharksencirclethedeadwhale.
  • Picture-takingparentsclosedin on thegraduateslike ravenouspaparazzi.
  • Under hisleadership, thecompanybecamea ravenousacquirer,absorbing15 othercompaniesin sixyears.
  • We are all ravenous forinformation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hungry & thirsty
  • anti-hunger
  • appetite
  • be gaspingidiom
  • cannibalism
  • eat
  • food poverty
  • gasp
  • hunger
  • hunger striker
  • hungrily
  • hungry
  • parched
  • smackyourlipsidiom
  • starvation
  • starved
  • thirst
  • thirstily
  • thirsty
  • underfed
  • undernourished
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(Definition ofravenousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
ravenous
adjective
uk
/ˈræv.ən.əs/us
/ˈræv.ən.əs/
extremelyhungry
极其饥饿的
I'm ravenous - where'ssupper?我饿坏了——晚饭在哪里？
Growingboyshave ravenousappetites.正在长身体的男孩子饭量很大。

ravenous| American Dictionary

ravenous
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈræv·ə·nəs/
extremelyhungry:
We were ravenous afterhikingallday.
(Definition ofravenousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofravenous

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As a result, people today have aravenoushunger for timely, accurate, and lively news, and the media are rushing to satisfy it.
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When young boys took to the ice, their first encounter was frequently a perilous one, eye to eye with some sort of brutish, and invariablyravenous, bear.
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In fact, it is aravenouswolf of a clause which strikes at the heart of what is set out in clause 15.
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It represents a reversal from control to the letting loose in this country of a pack ofravenouswolves.
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We are now aravenouspool of consumerism for the products of other countries.
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It is possibly akin to feeding aravenousman with a peppercorn.
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He had a fire ofravenoushunger in his stomach, and he drank all the waters of the sea to quell it.
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Behind the other door is aravenoustiger.
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This turns out to be an eight-foot-tall warrior, complete with fangs, claws, superhuman strength and speed, and aravenousappetite.
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Possessing a great love of food and aravenousappetite, he enjoys combat and sees it much like a game.
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He is known to have aravenousappetite and will eat almost anything.
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No government will allow the infected airliner to land, leaving the survivors stranded in the sky with theirravenoustormentors.
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Ravenousfeeders, they will eat any living thing they find.
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They are cunning andravenous, but reproduce slowly in the wild.
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It concerns a group of people on a remote country manor who discover that one of their numbers is aravenouswerewolf.
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