ravening
英 ['r?v?n??]
- adj. 貪婪饑餓的；掠食的
中文詞源
ravening 饑餓的，富于攻擊性的
來自 raven,饑餓，狼吞虎咽。
英文詞源
- ravening (adj.)
- "voracious," 1520s, present participle adjective from an extinct verb raven "to prey, to plunder, devour greedily" (late 14c., implied in ravener), from Old French raviner (see ravenous). It is not etymologically related to raven (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. He says the media are ravening wolves.
- 他說媒體就如同餓狼一般。
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- 2. If he could get a fare nothing else mattered - he was like a ravening beast.
- 他只管拉上買賣,不管別的,像一只餓瘋的野獸.
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
- 3. A pack of wolves ravening about in the forest.
- 一群狼在森林中到處覓食.
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- 4. The lion was ravening the prey.
- 那只獅子在貪婪地吞食著捕獲的獵物.
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- 5. The roaring lion was ravening the prey.
- 那只怒吼的獅子貪婪地吞食捕獲物.
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