voracity
[v?'r?s?ti]
英文詞源
- voracity (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French voracité (14c.) or directly from Latin voracitatem (nominative voracitas) "greediness, ravenousness," from vorax (genitive voracis) "greedy, ravenous, consuming," from vorare "to devour," from PIE *gwor-a-, from root *gwere- (4) "to swallow, devour" (cognates: Sanskrit girati "he swallows," garah "drink;" Greek bibroskein "to eat," brosis "eating;" Lithuanian geriu "to drink," gìrtas "drunk;" Old Church Slavonic ?iro "to swallow," gr?lo "gullet").
雙語例句
- 1. Their voracity is legendary and even the most hardened warriors cannot repress a shiver if one speaks about them.
- 他們的貪食是傳奇性的,甚至強壯的戰(zhàn)士也會因為提起他們而無法抑制的顫抖.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He ate with the voracity of a starving man.
- 他餓鬼似的貪婪地吃著.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. It's a kind of social curiosity, an intellectual voracity.
- 這是一種對社會的好奇心, 一種知識上的貪孌.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
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