rapacious

a. 强夺的, 贪欲的, 贪婪的

发音

UK /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
US /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

词形变化

more rapacious 比较级 most rapacious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Voracious; avaricious.

    比喻
  2. 2.

    Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.

  3. 3.

    Subsisting off live prey.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

predatory ravenous voracious ravening edacious esurient raptorial vulturine vulturous wolfish

近义相关 3

aggressive acquisitive gluttonous

词源

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).

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