ravenous

/ˈrævənəs/
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If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry. 饥肠辘辘的; 饿极的; 饥饿的

adjective [原级] 贪婪的;渴望的;狼吞虎咽的

Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving home that morning, and she was ravenous. 埃米意识到,她自己从早晨离开家门后什么东西都没有吃,她饿极了。

后缀: ous 【adjective】 表示具有某种性质的 - indicating having the quality of 原词: ravenous 是通过后缀 【ous】 构成的派生词
来自raven(n. 大乌鸦, 掠夺)
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What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous. 午饭吃什么?我饿死了。
They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous; and they soon had the camp-fire blazing up again. 他们回到营地时神清气爽,兴致勃勃,却也饥肠辘辘;不久,他们又把篝火点着了。