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 }.]
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Benjamin shall raven as a wolf . --
Gen .
xlix .
27 .
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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 .
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{
Sea raven } (
Zool .),
the cormorant .
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Raven \
Ra "
ven \,
a .
Of the color of the raven ;
jet black ;
as ,
raven curls ;
raven darkness .
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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 .
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2 .
Prey ;
plunder ;
food obtained by violence .
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Raven \
Rav "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ravened } (
r [
a ^]
v "'
nd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Ravening }.] [
Written also ravin ,
and ravine .]
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1 .
To obtain or seize by violence . --
Hakewill .
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2 .
To devour with great eagerness .
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Like rats that ravin down their proper bane . --
Shak .
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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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