| 单词 | ravenous |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['rævinəs] |
| 解释 | a.饿极了的，贪婪的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.饿极了的，贪婪 的(rapacious; hungry) 【考】 incontrovertible : disputed / untenable : defended / ravenous : satisfied(无可争议的无法争议 /不可守卫的无法防卫 /十分贪婪的无法满足) 【记】 来自raven(掠夺)＋ou s 【例】 The ravenous student ate a whole pizza. |
| 字源 | ravenous (adj.) late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 饿极了的, 贪婪的 【记】源于: raven(n /v 掠夺), ous多－掠夺很多－饿极了的, 贪婪的 【类】incontrovertible: disputed = untenable: defended = 『ravenous: satisfied』无可争议的无法被争议 = 不可守卫的无法被防卫 = 『十分贪婪的无法被满足』 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】v=f=ph=p, 与rape (掠夺)相近，狼掠夺食物时是饿极了的；音：肉无饿死，没肉吃饿的要死， 【相关】raven 大乌鸦, 掠夺, 狼吞虎咽，rapacious 掠夺的, 贪婪的, ravin 捕食, 掠夺, 猎食 |
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