"ravenous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [英语]

IPA: /ˈɹævənəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ravenous.wav Forms: more ravenous [comparative], most ravenous [superlative]
Etymology: 源自中古英語 ravenous、ravynous,源自古法語 ravineus。
  1. 非常饥饿的
    Sense id: zh-ravenous-en-adj-tR2lyHBp
  2. 贪婪的
    Sense id: zh-ravenous-en-adj-AI3KDc~-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: starving [figuratively] Derived forms: ravenously, ravenousness

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