voracious

英 [vəˈreɪʃəs]

美 [vəˈreɪʃəs]

adj.  饭量大的; 贪吃的; 狼吞虎咽的; (对信息、知识)渴求的; 求知欲强的

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BNC.20904 / COCA.16557

牛津词典

adj.

• 饭量大的；贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的
  eating or wanting large amounts of food
  1. a voracious eater
     贪吃的人
  2. to have a voracious appetite
     胃口极大
• （对信息、知识）渴求的；求知欲强的
  wanting a lot of new information and knowledge
  1. a voracious reader
     求知欲极强的读者
  2. a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
     一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的;渴求的
  If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, asvoracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
  1. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
     约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
  2. ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
     这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningravenouswolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping
  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  2. ravening creditors
  3. paying taxes to voracious governments
  Synonym:rapaciousravening

双语例句

• Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites.
  贪吃的水栖龟，其平展而柔软的壳外还有一层坚韧的表皮；被其咬伤的伤口会很疼。
• Like a person with a voracious appetite or a deep thirst, as your process evolves, you investigate these fields more and more.
  像一个食欲旺盛之人或很渴的人那样，如同你进行进化那样，你调查这些领域越来越多。
• One day, the voracious bookworm came across a copy of the Chinese labour law.
  有一天，这只如饥似渴的书虫偶然翻到了一本中国《劳动法》。
• After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
  游完泳后，我发现我的食欲大增。
• That is because no single sector seems to have had as voracious an appetite for credit as real estate.
  这是因为似乎没有其他哪个行业像房地产业那样，对于信贷有着如此贪婪的需求。
• Local media are covering every aspect of the scare with a voracious appetite.
  当地媒体正在用贪婪的胃口报道这一恐慌的每一方面。
• John would not be overweight if he were not such a voracious eater.
  约翰如果不这么贪吃的话，就不会超重了。
• Voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific.
  生活在北大西洋和太平洋中各种尖鼻子鲨鱼。
• A rapacious divorcee on the prowl; ravening creditors; paying taxes to voracious governments.
  一个四处徘徊的贪婪的离婚者；贪婪的债主；交税给贪婪的政府。
• China's vast TV audience is the world's biggest, with a voracious demand for programming.
  中国拥有世界最庞大的观众群体，因此国内对于影视题材、演员的需求也非常大。