raven1
KK: [ˈrævṇ]
DJ: [ˈrævǝn]
vt.
- 狼吞虎嚥地吃
- 攫取,掠奪
vi.
- 吞食,狼吞虎嚥[(+on)]
- 空腹覓食;尋機攫取[(+after/about)]
a tiger
ravening after its prey
尋機覓食的老虎
n.
- 掠奪,劫掠
- 捕食
- 捕獲物
raven2
KK: [ˈrеvṇ]
DJ: [ˈrеivn]
n.
- 【鳥】渡鴉[C]
a.
- 烏油油的,墨黑的
raven1
/
ˈreɪv(ə)n/
n.
a large heavily built black crow.
[
Corvus corax and related species.]
adj.
(especially of hair) of a glossy black colour.
Etymology
OE hræfn, of Gmc origin.
raven2
/
ˈrav(ə)n/
v.
archaic - (of a wild animal) hunt voraciously for prey.
- devour voraciously.
Etymology
C15: from OFr. raviner, orig. ‘to ravage’, based on L. rapina ‘pillage’.