| 单词 | rapacious |
| 释义 | rapacious —rapaciously, adv. —rapacity /reuh pas"i tee/, rapaciousness, n. /reuh pay"sheuhs/, adj. 1. given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed. 2. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition. 3. (of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious. [1645-55; < L rapaci- (s. of rapax greedy, akin to rapere to seize; see RAPE1) + -OUS] Syn. 2. ravenous, voracious, grasping; preying. See avaricious. Ant. 2. generous. |
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