单词
voracious
英 [v?'re???s]
美[v?'re??s]
基本信息
- adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的
GRETOEFL畅通词汇
词态变化
副词:?voraciously;名词:?voracity;
中文词源
voracious 贪吃的
来自拉丁语vorax,贪吃，词源同devour,herbivore.
英文词源
- voracious (adj.)
- 1630s, formed as an adjectival form of voracity. Related: Voraciously; voraciousness.
双语例句
- 1. to have a voracious appetite
- 胃口极大
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
- 约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
来自辞典例句
- 3. She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.
- 什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌.
来自辞典例句
- 4. But his mother taught him to read early, and he became a voracious reader.
- 不过他母亲很早就教他读书, 他成为一个如饥似渴的读者.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- 5. They must take a break from their voracious consumption.
- 他们那种贪婪的消费必须止步了.
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