rapacious的意思

rapacious

英式音标[rə'peʃəs]
美式英标[rə'peɪʃəs]

基本解释

adj. 贪婪的；掠夺的

中文词源

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.

英文词源

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.

实用例句

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.

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