rapacious是什么意思_rapacious怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;"a predatory bird"
"the rapacious wolf"
"raptorial birds"
"ravening wolves"
"a vulturine taste for offal"

excessively greedy and grasping;"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
"ravening creditors"
"paying taxes to voracious governments"

devouring or craving food in great quantities;"edacious vultures"
"a rapacious appetite"
"ravenous as wolves"
"voracious sharks"

中英词源

rapacious 贪婪的

来自拉丁语 rapax 的所有格形式 rapacis,劫掠的，贪婪的，来自 rapere,抓住，抓取，词源同 rob,rip,rape.

rapacious: rapacious: see rapture
rapacious (adj.): 1650s, from Latin rapaci-, stem of rapax "grasping," itself from stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapacity) + -ous. Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness.

词态变化

副词 rapaciously;
名词 rapacity;

权威造句

1. He had a rapacious appetite for bird"s nest soup.: 他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。

2. I have a recollection of large , unbending women with great noses and rapacious eyes.: 我记得我遇见不少身材壮硕、腰板挺得笔直的女人.这些女人生着大鼻子,目光炯炯.

3. Those were not the consideration that drove this rapacious beast from his den into the open!: 把这只贪婪的野兽从窝里赶出来的并不是这些考虑!

4. Hawks and other rapacious birds may be killed at any time.: 隼和其他捕食动物的鸟随时可能被捕杀.

5. Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on variety of small animals.: 老鹰和其他贪婪的鸟类捕食各种小动物.

近反义词

greedy 贪婪的

acquisitive 想获得的

commercial 商业的

voracious 狼吞虎咽的

ravenous 贪婪的

grasping 贪心的

avid 渴望的

avaricious 贪财的

gluttonous 暴食的

insatiable 不知足的

covetous 贪婪的

destructive 破坏性的

vicious 恶毒的

harmful 有害的

aggressive 侵略的

dangerous 危险的

damaging 有害的

violent 猛烈的

ravening （尤指狼群）贪婪而饥饿的...

wolfish 狼似的

vulturous 象秃鹫的(贪婪的)...

edacious 贪吃的

predatory 掠夺的

vulturine 秃鹰似的

raptorial 捕食生物的

esurient 贪婪的

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