音标:[vә'reiʃәs] ;
a. 贪吃的, 狼吞虎咽的, 贪婪的
s excessively greedy and grasping
s devouring or craving food in great quantities

考试类型:[托福/GRE]
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voracious的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite.游完泳后,我发现我的食欲大增。
  2. They are aggressively territorial and voracious to fault.好斗与贪婪也是它们的弱点。
  3. Kids can have voracious appetites.小孩会很贪吃。
  4. He was a voracious reader of the translations of Eastern religious works.他如饥似渴地阅读东方宗教著作的译本。

经典引文

  • His corpulence pointed to a voracious appetite.

    出自:W. S. Maugham
  • Voracious creatures who would devour him if they could.

    出自:O. Manning
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