ravenous

词根词缀:

词根
rap(t), rav= to seize, to snatch 捕, 夺

enrapture v. 使狂喜

en 使… + rapture 狂喜 → 使狂喜

rapacious adj. 抢夺的

rap 捕,夺 + acious 有…性质的 → 抢夺的

rape v. 洗劫;强奸

rap 捕,夺 + e → 洗劫;强奸

rapine n. 抢夺

rap 捕,夺 + ine 表抽象名词 → 抢夺

rapt adj. 着迷的(魂被夺走 → 着迷的)

raptor n. 猛禽

rapt 捕,夺 + or 表动物 → 善于掠夺的动物 → 猛禽

rapture n. 狂喜

rapt 捕,夺 + ure 表行为 → 捕获梦想 → 狂喜

ravage v./n. 破坏

rav 捕,夺 + age 表行为或行为的结果 → 你争我夺 → 破坏

raven v. 捕食;狼吞虎咽

rav 捕,夺 + en 使… → 捕获食物 → 捕食

ravenous adj. 贪婪的;饿极的

raven 捕食;狼吞虎咽 + ous …的 → 不断捕食的 → 贪婪的;饿极的

ravish v. 抢夺

rav 捕,夺 + ish 使… → 抢夺

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相关例句:

On the demand side, China's ravenous appetite for steel, iron ore, coal, petroleum, grains, oilseeds and so on pushed prices to vertiginous heights until its abrupt economic slowdown this year helped bring them crashing down again.

在需求方面,中国对钢铁、铁矿石、煤、石油、谷类、油籽等商品庞大的渴求,将大宗商品价格推升至令人眩晕的高度,直到今年其经济突然放缓,才使这些价格再次急速回落。

The ravenous lions tore at the carcass.

这些饥饿的狮子撕碎了那动物的体。

The ravenous dog upset several garbage cans in its search for food.

饿极了的狗翻倒了几个垃圾桶寻找食物。

Your thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves.

你迫近问题的想法像一只贪婪的狼。

I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts-men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

我躺卧在性如烈火的世人当中。他们的牙齿是枪,箭。

Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.

埃米意识到自己从离开布鲁顿大街之后什么东西都没吃,她饿极了。