"ravenous" in Chinese (Traditional)
極餓的貪婪的
Definition
極其飢餓;非常渴望食物。有時也用來形容對除食物外某事物的強烈渴望。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「Ravenous」比「hungry」或「starving」更正式且語氣更強烈。可用於比喻(如「ravenous appetite for success」)。多搭配「appetite」,通常不直接用於形容人或輕微飢餓。
Examples
After hiking all day, I felt ravenous.
爬山一整天後,我感到**極餓的**。
The ravenous wolves searched for food.
**貪婪的**狼在尋找食物。
He had a ravenous appetite at dinner.
他晚餐時有著**極強的食慾**。
I'm ravenous—is the food ready yet?
我**餓極了**——飯好了嗎?
She has a ravenous curiosity about world history.
她對世界歷史有著**極強的好奇心**。
The kids came home from soccer practice absolutely ravenous.
孩子們踢完足球回家時都**餓壞了**。