Word · Frequency #22776
ravenous
饿极的；非常饥饿的
extremely hungry
- 1.
Very hungry.
非常饥饿
- 2.
extremely hungry
极度饥饿
- 3.
Greedy, characterized by strong desires.
贪婪的,欲望强烈的
- 4.
devouring or craving food in great quantities
大量吞食或渴望食物
非常饥饿；极度饥饿；贪婪的,欲望强烈的；大量吞食或渴望食物；贪婪的
In use
I skipped breakfast and was ravenous by noon.
The ravenous travelers ordered three large dishes at the restaurant.
After the gym, I felt ravenous and grabbed a sandwich.
a ravenous boy
ravenous as wolves
be ravenous
ravenous 常用于系动词 be 后作表语，表示“非常饥饿”。
After the long hike, I was ravenous.
长途徒步之后，我饿极了。
ravenous + noun
ravenous 也可放在名词前作定语，常修饰人或动物，如 ravenous appetite 意为“旺盛的食欲”。
The ravenous puppy ate its food in seconds.
那只饿极了的小狗几秒钟就把食物吃完了。
Connections
Collocations
- absolutely ravenous
- 饿极了；非常饿
- After playing outside all morning, Tim was absolutely ravenous.在外面玩了整整一上午后，蒂姆饿极了。
- feel ravenous
- 感到饿极了
- I didn't eat lunch, so by three o'clock I felt ravenous.我没吃午饭，所以到三点时我感到饿极了。
- ravenous appetite
- 极强的食欲；饿极了的胃口
- The long flight gave me a ravenous appetite.长途飞行让我饿得胃口大开。
- ravenous wolf
- 饿狼；极饿的人
- The ravenous wolf tore into the fresh meat.那只饿狼大口撕扯着鲜肉。
- ravenous for
- 极想……；对……渴求
- After hours of studying, she was ravenous for a hot meal.学习几个小时后，她极想吃一顿热饭。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：ravenous 里有 raven（乌鸦），想象一只乌鸦饿极了，狼吞虎咽地抢食，记住它就是“饿极的、贪婪的”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、written narrative 表示“非常饥饿”时，语气比 hungry 强，通常用于口语或书面叙述中，日常表达也很自然，但比 starving 稍显正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ 的重音在第一音节 /æ/。所列词中，poisonous、villainous、gluttonous、mountainous 与它共享无重读的 /ənəs/ 结尾，可作为拼读对照，但由于重读元音不同，均不构成完整押韵。ominous 结尾为 /ɪnəs/，与 /ənəs/ 略有差别。raven 只是拼写相似，读音完全不同。
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