ravenous

• adj.貪欲；熱心；貪欲。

ravenの「飢える」「むさぼり食う」から。

ravenous

ravenous: [15] Ravenous was borrowed from Old French ravineux, a derivative of the verb raviner ‘seize by force’ (source of English raven, which nowadays appears mainly in its present participial form ravening). This came from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’, ancestor also of English rape. The central modern meaning of ravenous, ‘very hungry’, developed from the notion of predatory animals that ‘seize’ and eat their prey. Other English descendants of Latin rapere include rapacious, rapid, rapture, ravage, ravine, ravish [13], surreptitious, and usurp.
=> rape, rapture, raven

ravenous (adj.)

late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.

1. What 's for lunch？I 'm absolutely ravenous .

昼食は何を食べますか？私は飢え死にしました。

2.The ravenous children ate everything on the table.

おなかがすいた子供が机の上のすべてのものを食べてしまった。

3.Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street，and she was ravenous .

エミはブルトン通りを出てから何も食べていないことに気づき、彼女はおなかがすいていた。

4.Most infants have a ravenous apetite.

ほとんどの赤ちゃんは食欲がいい。

5.By now Slote was ravenous .

今、スレートはがつがつ食べている。