voracious
/vəˈreɪʃəs/ (bre, ipa) · [vɔrˈeʃəs] /vəˈreɪʃəs/ (ame, ipa) · [vɔrˈeʃəs] /və-ˈrā-shəs How to pronounce voracious (audio) vȯ-/ (ame, mw)
voracious — 形容詞
- voraciouspositive
- more voraciouscomparative
- most voracioussuperlative
1. eating or wanting to eat far more food than most people would
食慾極大
吃東西時食量極大、永不滿足
eating or wanting to eat far more food than most people would
After the race, Constanza had a voracious appetite and ate three plates of rice.
比賽後，Constanza 食慾極大，吃了三盤飯。
voracious appetite — common collocation
Baraka's voracious teenage sons emptied the fridge every single afternoon.
Baraka 那幾個食慾極大的十幾歲兒子每天下午都把冰箱吃空。
The stray dog was so voracious it finished the bowl of food in seconds.
那隻流浪狗食慾極大，幾秒鐘就把整碗食物吃光了。
Lakshmi watched her voracious guest eat the whole birthday cake in five minutes.
Lakshmi 看著她那位食慾極大的客人在五分鐘內吃完了整個生日蛋糕。
After the long hike, Selim was voracious and ate two large pizzas by himself.
長途健行後，Selim 食慾極大，自己吃掉了兩個大披薩。
- ravenous
more intense — suggests extreme hunger close to starvation
- insatiable
emphasises that the desire can never be fully satisfied; applies to food and non-food
- gluttonous
always negative, implies moral disapproval of overindulgence
- indifferent
shows no interest in food
- picky
eats very selectively, often rejecting most food offered
文法句型
voracious appetite
voracious eater
be voracious
用法筆記
Typically describes people or animals eating a surprisingly large amount. Frequently paired with 'appetite' or 'eater.'
常見錯誤
2. consuming books, knowledge, or information with intense eagerness, as if satisfy
渴求的
對閱讀、知識等非食物事物極度渴求
consuming books, knowledge, or information with intense eagerness, as if satisfying a physical hunger
Dewi is a voracious reader who finishes at least three novels every single week.
Dewi 酷愛閱讀，每週至少看完三本小說。
voracious reader — common collocation
Ryan had a voracious appetite for knowledge and spent every evening in the library.
Ryan 對知識極為渴求，每天晚上都待在圖書館。
voracious appetite for — metaphorical extension
Andrés was voracious for updates about the missing flight and checked the news every ten minutes.
Andrés 渴求失蹤航班的最新消息，每十分鐘就查看一次新聞。
Gabriel's voracious curiosity led him to learn five languages before turning thirty.
Gabriel 求知若渴，三十歲前就學會了五種語言。
As a collector, Bilal was voracious — he bought rare stamps from every continent.
Bilal 收藏成痴，從各大洲買進了稀有郵票。
- insatiable
very close in meaning; emphasises that the desire can never be satisfied
- avid
milder and more positive — keen enthusiasm rather than overwhelming drive
- greedy
more negative, implies selfishness or taking more than one's share
- indifferent
shows no interest or curiosity
- apathetic
lacks any enthusiasm or eagerness to engage
文法句型
voracious reader
voracious for + noun
voracious appetite for + noun
用法筆記
Object is usually something abstract (books, knowledge, information, news). The pattern 'a voracious reader' is the most frequent collocation in this sense. Distinguish from sense 1 (HUGE APPETITE), which is about literal eating.