形容詞 ravenous:

1. extremely hungry
   同義詞：famished, sharp-set, starved, esurient
2. devouring or craving food in great quantities
   同義詞：edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish

1. A meal had been prepared; I fell to with ravenous appetite.
   飯已燒好，我狼吞虎咽地吃了起來(lái)。
2. The ravenous lion tore the quarry.
   饑餓的獅子撕碎了獵物。
3. Where's dinner? I'm ravenous!
   飯呢？我餓極了！

rav.en.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Extremely hungry; voracious.
極餓的：餓極而貪吃的
Rapacious; predatory.
貪婪的：搶劫的；肉食的
Greedy for gratification:
貪婪的：極其企圖獲得滿足的：
例句：
ravenous for power.See Synonyms at voracious
對(duì)權(quán)力極其向往的參見(jiàn) voracious

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French ravineux
源自 古法語(yǔ) ravineux
from raviner [to take by force]
源自 raviner [用武力強(qiáng)搶]
from Vulgar Latin *rapon3re
源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *rapon3re
from Latin rapona [plunder] * see rapine
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) rapona [劫掠] *參見(jiàn) rapine

【引伸】
rav.enously
adv.（副詞）
rav.enousness
n.（名詞）