| 单词 | voracity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [və'ræsiti ] |
| 解释 | n.贪婪 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | voracity (n.) 1520s, from Middle French voracité (14c.) or directly from Latin voracitatem (nominative voracitas) "greediness, ravenousness," from vorax (genitive voracis) "greedy, ravenous, consuming," from vorare "to devour," from PIE *gwor-a-, from root *gwere- (4) "to swallow, devour" (cognates: Sanskrit girati "he swallows," garah "drink;" Greek bibroskein "to eat," brosis "eating;" Lithuanian geriu "to drink," gìrtas "drunk;" Old Church Slavonic žiro "to swallow," grŭlo "gullet"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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