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voracious adj.狼吞虎咽的；贪婪的；贪吃的；求知欲强的 (1) 游完泳后,我发现我的食欲大增。(2) 好斗与贪婪也是它们的弱点。(3) 小孩会很贪吃。(4) 他如饥似渴地阅读东方宗教著作的译本。 Voracious comes from the Latin vorāre, "to devour." The word is usually associated with swallowing or devouring food in a ravenous manner, but it can be used of someone intensely involved in any activity. Pierre Salinger referred to President Kennedy as a "voracious reader," while Robert Bakker once likened the IRS to a "voracious, small-minded predator."

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英 [və'reɪʃəs] 美 [və'reɪʃəs] (1) After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite.(2) They are aggressively territorial and voracious to fault.(3) Kids can have voracious appetites.(4) He was a voracious reader of the translations of Eastern religious works. Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的；贪婪的；渴求的 If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.   [usu ADJ n]  [LITERARY 文]Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。...the band's voracious appetite for fun.这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求voraciouslyHe read voraciously.他如饥似渴地阅读。

英语单词	voracious
英美音标	英 [və'reɪʃəs] 美 [və'reɪʃəs]
中文释义	adj.狼吞虎咽的；贪婪的；贪吃的；求知欲强的
英语例句	(1) After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite. (2) They are aggressively territorial and voracious to fault. (3) Kids can have voracious appetites. (4) He was a voracious reader of the translations of Eastern religious works.
中文例句	(1) 游完泳后,我发现我的食欲大增。 (2) 好斗与贪婪也是它们的弱点。 (3) 小孩会很贪吃。 (4) 他如饥似渴地阅读东方宗教著作的译本。
vocabulary简明	Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness.
vocabulary扩展	Voracious comes from the Latin vorāre, "to devour." The word is usually associated with swallowing or devouring food in a ravenous manner, but it can be used of someone intensely involved in any activity. Pierre Salinger referred to President Kennedy as a "voracious reader," while Robert Bakker once likened the IRS to a "voracious, small-minded predator."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的；贪婪的；渴求的 If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. [usu ADJ n] [LITERARY 文] Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector. 约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。 ...the band's voracious appetite for fun. 这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求 voraciously He read voraciously. 他如饥似渴地阅读。

Voracious I Appetite Describe Food Word 英 Və'Reɪʃəs] 美