• adj. 貪婪的；貪吃的；狼吞虎咽的

來自拉丁語vorax,貪吃，詞源同devour,herbivore.

voracious (adj.)

1630s, formed as an adjectival form of voracity. Related: Voraciously; voraciousness.

1. to have a voracious appetite

胃口極大

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.

約瑟夫·史密斯是個如饑似渴的藏書家。

來自辭典例句

3. She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.

什么樣的愛情故事她都百看不厭.

來自辭典例句

4. But his mother taught him to read early, and he became a voracious reader.

不過他母親很早就教他讀書, 他成為一個如饑似渴的讀者.

來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史

5. They must take a break from their voracious consumption.

他們那種貪婪的消費(fèi)必須止步了.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)