ravin
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(archaic, countable, literary, uncountable)Property obtained or seized by force or violence; booty, plunder, spoils.
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(archaic, literary, uncountable)Of a (predatory) animal: seizing or devouring of food or prey; predation.
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(archaic, figuratively, literary, uncountable)(uncountable, figurative) Gluttony, greed, rapacity; also, the quality of being predatory; predatoriness.
Đồng nghĩa: avarice, covetise, covetousness, cupidity, gluttony, greed, greediness, Mammon, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravin, voracity
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(archaic, countable, literary, obsolete, rare)A predatory animal; a predator.
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(archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable)Obtaining or seizing property by force or violence; pillage, plunder, robbery; (countable, chiefly in the plural) an instance of this.
Đồng nghĩa: pillaging, plundering, rapine
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(archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable)That which a predatory animal seizes for food; prey; also (hunting) an animal which is hunted; quarry.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(archaic, literary, obsolete)Ravenous.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(archaic, literary, transitive)Sometimes followed by away or from: to obtain or seize (something, especially property) by force or violence; to plunder.
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(archaic, literary, transitive)Sometimes followed by down, up, or (obsolete) in: to eat (something, such as food or prey) greedily; to devour, to wolf down.
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(archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive)To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
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(archaic, intransitive, literary)Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
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(archaic, intransitive, literary)To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
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(archaic, intransitive, literary)Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
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(archaic, intransitive, literary)Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
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(archaic, intransitive, literary)Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
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(archaic, figuratively, intransitive, literary)To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
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(archaic, figuratively, intransitive, literary)Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
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ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English ravin, ravine, raven, from ravein, raveine, ravine, Middle French ravine, and Old French ravine (rapine, robbery; force, violence; impetuousness), from Latin rapīna (pillage, plunder, robbery, rapine; booty, plunder), from rapiō (to abduct, carry off; to grab, snatch; to rape;