ravenous
adjective /ˈrævənəs/
/ˈrævənəs/
- (of a person or an animal
人或动物 极其饥饿的 - What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
午饭吃什么？我饿死了。 - Go back in your imagination to the days when huge, ravenous beasts ruled the planet.
想象你回到了过去那个由凶残的巨兽统治地球的时代。
- What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
- [only before noun] (of hunger
饥饿 严重的；十分的 - He has a ravenous appetite.
他食欲好极了。
- He has a ravenous appetite.
词源late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage’, based on Latin rapina ‘pillage’.