edacious
edacious — 形容詞
- edaciouspositive
- more edaciouscomparative
- most edacioussuperlative
1. having an extremely strong hunger for food, or an intense eagerness to consume o
貪食；渴望
極度渴望食物或大量獲取某物
having an extremely strong hunger for food, or an intense eagerness to consume or take in large amounts of something
After three days of hiking, the group had an edacious appetite and cleared every plate.
徒步三天後，這群人貪婪地掃光了桌上的每一道菜。
attributive use: edacious + appetite
Kwame was so edacious that he ate two whole pizzas before anyone finished a slice.
Kwame 非常貪吃，別人一片都還沒吃完，他已經吃掉兩整張披薩。
predicative use: be + edacious
The stray cats fought with edacious hunger over the fish scraps the sellers had left behind.
那些流浪貓貪婪地爭奪攤販留下的魚碎屑。
Elena was an edacious reader who devoured three novels during the six-hour flight.
Elena 是個貪婪的讀者，六小時的航程中狼吞虎嚥地讀了三本小說。
Mei-Lin had an edacious desire to master watercolour, painting eight hours a day and filling three sketchbooks per week.
Mei-Lin 懷著貪婪的渴望想精通水彩畫，每天畫八小時，一週就畫滿三本素描本。
- ravenous
The everyday synonym; implies extreme hunger without the formal or greedy tone of 'edacious'
- insatiable
Emphasises that the hunger or desire cannot be satisfied, regardless of how much one eats
- voracious
Closest in register to 'edacious'; also formal, but slightly more common in writing
- sated
Feeling that one has had enough food; the opposite of wanting more
- indifferent
Having little or no interest in food
文法句型
edacious + noun
be + edacious
用法筆記
A very formal and literary word. In everyday conversation, speakers almost always use hungry, ravenous, or starving instead. Edacious carries a tone of almost greedy or uncontrolled desire.