英语词汇“voracious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness.

Voracious comes from the Latin vorāre, "to devour." The word is usually associated with swallowing or devouring food in a ravenous manner, but it can be used of someone intensely involved in any activity. Pierre Salinger referred to President Kennedy as a "voracious reader," while Robert Bakker once likened the IRS to a "voracious, small-minded predator."

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

veracious / voracious

Voracious describes someone super hungry, like a zombie or a wolf. A voracious appetite makes you want to eat a whole cake. Veracious (with an "e") means truthful, as in a veracious first president who cannot tell a lie.

Voracious is spelled with an "o" for an open mouth or the hole in your stomach you're trying to fill if you have a voracious appetite. It's used to describe appetites, but not always for food — a voracious reader devours books by reading one after the other. Here are some unrelenting examples:

The fish are such voracious eaters that they have crowded out other species and disrupted ecosystems. — Wall Street Journal

A voracious reader, he became a self-educated art historian and a well-informed generalist whose knowledge awed his friends, including well-known artists. — New York Times

The more formal word veracious comes from the Latin root verus for "truth." You might recognize that root in words like verify "to show something's true," or verisimilitude for "seeming true to life." Veracious means truthful, so a veracious author, for example, is one who tells the truth. Here are more examples:

This interesting, although not very veracious author, gives the following account of the process. — J.G. Millingen

I ought to have bought up all sorts of memories, and written the most veracious novel the world has seen. — Israel Zangwill

If you had to hang out with either a voracious person or a veracious one, choose the veracious, or truthful, one. The voracious one would definitely eat all of your French fries, and your brains if you hang out with zombies.

WORD FAMILY

voracious: voraciously, voraciousness+/voracity: voracious, voracities

USAGE EXAMPLES

Despite his voracious use of Twitter, the president-elect appears to be leaning toward old tech to ensure the security of sensitive messages.

Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Herrera is a voracious reader and, as it happens, is just reading a book about Matisse and Picasso.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

In Africa, an elephant is killed for ivory every 26 minutes on average, much of it to supply China’s voracious market.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016)

1adj devouring or craving food in great quantities

voracious sharks

Syn

edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish
gluttonous

given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

2adj excessively greedy and grasping

paying taxes to voracious governments

Syn

rapacious, ravening
acquisitive

eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

单词	voracious
释义	voracious (once / 3652 pages) adj Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness. Voracious comes from the Latin vorāre, "to devour." The word is usually associated with swallowing or devouring food in a ravenous manner, but it can be used of someone intensely involved in any activity. Pierre Salinger referred to President Kennedy as a "voracious reader," while Robert Bakker once likened the IRS to a "voracious, small-minded predator." CHOOSE YOUR WORDS veracious / voracious Voracious describes someone super hungry, like a zombie or a wolf. A voracious appetite makes you want to eat a whole cake. Veracious (with an "e") means truthful, as in a veracious first president who cannot tell a lie. Voracious is spelled with an "o" for an open mouth or the hole in your stomach you're trying to fill if you have a voracious appetite. It's used to describe appetites, but not always for food — a voracious reader devours books by reading one after the other. Here are some unrelenting examples: The fish are such voracious eaters that they have crowded out other species and disrupted ecosystems. — Wall Street Journal A voracious reader, he became a self-educated art historian and a well-informed generalist whose knowledge awed his friends, including well-known artists. — New York Times The more formal word veracious comes from the Latin root verus for "truth." You might recognize that root in words like verify "to show something's true," or verisimilitude for "seeming true to life." Veracious means truthful, so a veracious author, for example, is one who tells the truth. Here are more examples: This interesting, although not very veracious author, gives the following account of the process. — J.G. Millingen I ought to have bought up all sorts of memories, and written the most veracious novel the world has seen. — Israel Zangwill If you had to hang out with either a voracious person or a veracious one, choose the veracious, or truthful, one. The voracious one would definitely eat all of your French fries, and your brains if you hang out with zombies. WORD FAMILY voracious: voraciously, voraciousness+/voracity: voracious, voracities USAGE EXAMPLES Despite his voracious use of Twitter, the president-elect appears to be leaning toward old tech to ensure the security of sensitive messages. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Herrera is a voracious reader and, as it happens, is just reading a book about Matisse and Picasso. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) In Africa, an elephant is killed for ivory every 26 minutes on average, much of it to supply China’s voracious market. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj devouring or craving food in great quantities voracious sharks Syn edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink 2adj excessively greedy and grasping paying taxes to voracious governments Syn rapacious, ravening acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
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