ravenous: [15] Ravenous was borrowed from Old French ravineux, a derivative of the verb raviner ‘seize by force’ (source of English raven, which nowadays appears mainly in its present participial form ravening). This came from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’, ancestor also of English rape. The central modern meaning of ravenous, ‘very hungry’, developed from the notion of predatory animals that ‘seize’ and eat their prey. Other English descendants of Latin rapere include rapacious, rapid, rapture, ravage, ravine, ravish [13], surreptitious, and usurp. => rape, rapture, raven
ravenous (adj.)
late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.
雙語例句
1. What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
午飯吃什么？我餓死了。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The ravenous children ate everything on the table.
餓極了的孩子把桌上所有東西吃掉了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.