ravenous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rav·e·nous /ˈrævənəs/ adjective DFHBHvery hungry 极饿的 → starving I’m absolutely ravenous. 我饿极了。 a ravenous appetite 极大的胃口 —ravenously adverb I was ravenously hungry. 我饿坏了。
Examples from the Corpus
ravenous• After the first spoonful of the thick and satisfying minestrone, Luce found she was ravenous.• Her small gold watch showed almost noon when she awoke, refreshed and ravenous.• Things always looked better on a full stomach, and right now she was ravenous.• When they awoke on the third morning, they were ravenous.• The boys ran in, ravenous after their game.• He crawls up to her on all fours like a gentle but ravenous bear and begins to nuzzle her.• The normally grass-rich ranges are barren, chewed down to dust by ravenous cattle.• Towards the end he was ravenous for status.• I felt the ravenous spell of the place.Origin ravenous (1400-1500) Old French ravineux, from Latin rapere; → RAPE1rav·e·nous adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus hungry very
ravenous
rav‧e‧nous /ˈrævənəs/
adjectivevery hungry ⇨ starving:
I’m absolutely ravenous.
a ravenous appetite
—ravenously adverb:
I was ravenously hungry.
■ wanting to eat
▪hungry wanting to eat something: We were really hungry after our long walk. | It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.
▪peckish [not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?
▪starving/ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ (also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving. | Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.
▪famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.
▪I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’
▪appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: Exercise usually gives me an appetite. | It’s healthy to have a good appetite.
rav‧e‧nous /ˈrævənəs/
adjectivevery hungry ⇨ starving: —ravenously adverb:
| THESAURUS |
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪