esurient

a. 饥饿的, 贪婪的, 暴食的, 贪吃的

发音

UK /ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/
其它
UK /ɪˈʃʊə.ɹi.ənt/
UK /iː-/
UK /ɛ-/
UK /ə-/
US /ɪˈsʊ.ɹi.ənt/
US /ə-/
US /-ˈzʊ-/

词形变化

esurients 复数 esurients more esurient 比较级 most esurient 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is greedy or hungry.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.

    正式 幽默

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

greedy starved famished avid ravenous voracious edacious rapacious ravening sharp-set

近义相关 4

hungry wishful desirous gluttonous

词源

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).

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