voracious 音标拼音: [vɔr'eʃəs]
a . 狼吞虎咽的,贪婪的
狼吞虎咽的,贪婪的
voracious adj 1 :
excessively greedy and grasping ; "
a rapacious divorcee on the prowl "; "
ravening creditors "; "
paying taxes to voracious governments " [
synonym : {
rapacious }, {
ravening },
{
voracious }]
2 :
devouring or craving food in great quantities ; "
edacious vultures "; "
a rapacious appetite "; "
ravenous as wolves ";
"
voracious sharks " [
synonym : {
edacious }, {
esurient }, {
rapacious },
{
ravening }, {
ravenous }, {
voracious }, {
wolfish }]
Voracious \
Vo *
ra "
cious \,
a . [
L .
vorax , -
acis ,
fr .
vorare to devour ;
akin to Gr . ?
meat ,
food , ?
to devour ,
Skr .
gar .
Cf .
{
Devour }.]
Greedy in eating ;
very hungry ;
eager to devour or swallow ;
ravenous ;
gluttonous ;
edacious ;
rapacious ;
as ,
a voracious man or appetite ;
a voracious gulf or whirlpool . --
Dampier . --
{
Vo *
ra "
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ly },
adv . -- {
Vo *
ra "
cious *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "
voracious ":
Apician ,
a hog for ,
acquisitive ,
all -
devouring ,
ardent ,
avaricious ,
avid ,
bolting ,
bottomless ,
cormorant ,
coveting ,
covetous ,
cramming ,
crapulent ,
crapulous ,
desirous ,
devoted ,
devouring ,
dog -
hungry ,
eager ,
earnest ,
edacious ,
empty ,
enormous ,
enthusiastic ,
esurient ,
famished ,
famishing ,
fasting ,
fervent ,
fervid ,
glutting ,
gluttonizing ,
gluttonous ,
gobbling ,
gorging ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
gulping ,
guttling ,
guzzling ,
half -
famished ,
half -
starved ,
hoggish ,
hungering ,
hungry ,
hyperphagic ,
insatiable ,
insatiate ,
intemperate ,
limitless ,
mercenary ,
miserly ,
money -
hungry ,
money -
mad ,
omnivorous ,
overgreedy ,
passionate ,
peckish ,
piggish ,
pinched with hunger ,
polyphagic ,
predacious ,
prodigious ,
quenchless ,
rapacious ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
satiating ,
sating ,
sharp -
set ,
slakeless ,
sordid ,
starved ,
starving ,
stuffing ,
surfeiting ,
swinish ,
thirsty ,
unappeasable ,
unappeased ,
uncontrollable ,
uncontrolled ,
unfilled ,
unquenchable ,
unsated ,
unsatisfied ,
unslakeable ,
unslaked ,
venal ,
wolfing ,
wolfish ,
zealous
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VORACIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, rapacious mean excessively greedy voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink
VORACIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary VORACIOUS definition: 1 very eager for something, especially a lot of food: 2 very eager for something, especially a… Learn more
VORACIOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Voracious definition: craving or consuming large quantities of food See examples of VORACIOUS used in a sentence
VORACIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something
voracious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of voracious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Voracious - definition of voracious by The Free Dictionary 1 Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous 2 Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit: a voracious reader
Voracious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness Voracious comes from the Latin vorāre, "to devour "
voracious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary voracious (comparative more voracious, superlative most voracious) (of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food quotations
VORACIOUS Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Some common synonyms of voracious are gluttonous, rapacious, and ravenous While all these words mean "excessively greedy," voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink
Voracious Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary VORACIOUS meaning: having or showing a tendency to eat very large amounts of food often used figuratively