gluttonous

英 ['ɡlʌtənəs] 美 ['ɡlʌtənəs]

• adj. 暴食的；贪吃的；饕餮的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink;

   "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"
   "a gluttonous debauch"
   "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
   我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人。
2. Among the guests there was a gluttonous man whose eyes stared at a plate full of walnuts and ate all of them.
   客人中有个贪吃的人，眼盯着满满的一碟核桃，全吃光了。

经典引文

• Philip the Prudent, as he grew older..seemed to become more gluttonous of work.

  出自： J. L. Motley

• Crumbs and a ring of milky white round his mouth betrayed the gluttonous boy.

  出自： N. Monsarrat

词汇搭配

• glutton 贪吃者

近反义词

【近义词】

• greedy 贪婪的
• voracious 狼吞虎咽的
• ravenous 贪婪的
• insatiable 不知足的
• desirous 渴望的
• excessive 过分的

【反义词】

• abstemious 有节制的