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raven 音标拼音: [r'evən]
n. 大乌鸦,掠夺
a. 乌黑的
vt.
vi. 掠夺,狼吞虎咽 大乌鸦,掠夺乌黑的掠夺,狼吞虎咽 raven n 1: large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge- shaped tail [ synonym: { raven}, { Corvus corax}] v 1: obtain or seize by violence 2: prey on or hunt for; " These mammals predate certain eggs" [ synonym: { raven}, { prey}, { predate}] 3: eat greedily; " he devoured three sandwiches" [ synonym: { devour}, { guttle}, { raven}, { pig}] 4: feed greedily; " The lions ravened the bodies" Raven \ Rav" en\, v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [ Written also { ravin}, and { ravine}.] [ 1913 Webster] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. -- Gen. xlix. 27. [ 1913 Webster]
Raven \ Ra" ven\ ( r[= a]" v' n), n. [ AS. hr[ ae] fn; akin to D. raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. ko` rax. [ root] 19.] ( Zool.) A large black passerine bird ({ Corvus corax}), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. [ 1913 Webster] { Sea raven} ( Zool.), the cormorant. [ 1913 Webster]
Raven \ Ra" ven\, a. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster]
Raven \ Rav" en\ ( r[ a^] v"' n), n. [ OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See { Ravine}, { Rapine}.] [ Written also { ravin}, and { ravine}.] 1. Rapine; rapacity. -- Ray. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. [ 1913 Webster]
Raven \ Rav" en\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Ravened} ( r[ a^] v"' nd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Ravening}.] [ Written also ravin, and ravine.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To obtain or seize by violence. -- Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To devour with great eagerness. [ 1913 Webster] Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 106 Moby Thesaurus words for " raven": angry clouds, atramentous, batten, be ravenous, black, black as coal, black as ebony, black as ink, black as midnight, black as night, black cat, black clouds, bolt, bolt down, broken mirror, charcoal, coal, coal- black, coaly, cram, crow, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, deep black, depredate, despoil, devour, ebon, ebony, engorge, eye hungrily, feel hungry, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gathering clouds, glut, gluttonize, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, gulp down, gut, guttle, guzzle, halcyon bird, have a tapeworm, hunger, hunger for, ink, ink- black, inky, jet, jetty, live to eat, loot, maraud, midnight, night, night- black, night- dark, nigrous, owl, pillage, pitch, pitch- black, pitch- dark, pitchy, plunder, prey on, raid, rainbow, ransack, ravage, raven- black, ravish, reive, rifle, sable, sack, shooting star, sloe, sloe- black, sloe- colored, smoke, smut, soot, spoil, spoliate, starve, storm clouds, stormy petrel, stuff, sweep, tar, tar- black, tarry, thirst, thirst for, thundercloud, thunderhead, wolf, wolf down |
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