用什么英文能恰当地表达“馋”？ 第1页

食欲可以用不同的方式来表达。

**The Bible categorizes gluttony among the seven deadly sins.

Voracious

Voracious describes someone super hungry, like a zombie or a wolf.

Gluttonous

When you cram your mouth with your favorite ice cream as quickly as you can, you are being gluttonous, that is, excessively greedy.

词典里面的词条解释

A glutton:

"One given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking."

Voracious/Voracity:

"Having a huge appetite: ravenous; excessively eager: insatiable."

belly-god

A glutton or gourmand; one who makes a god of his belly.

chowhound

A glutton; a hearty eater, a gourmand. The word combines the U.S. slang term for food with the aggressive and uncouth eating habits of a dog.

同义词/近义词

greed, avarice, gorge, epicure, cram, stuff and guzzle.

rapacious, omnivorous, AVID, gourmandism,

craving(例如烟瘾)， longing， lust， yearning，hankering， eagerness，itch ....

Children might eat voraciously.

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引申开来，

欲渊难填的 （地摊小说里面常用它来形容绝望而久旷的家庭主妇）

insatiable

讥讽的比喻

hollow legs

不健康或者病态的“馋”

Polyphagia / Hyperphagia

is excessive hunger or increased appetite.

Bulimia

Bulimia (boo-LEE-me-uh) nervosa, commonly called bulimia, is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder.

Morbid Appetite

morbid: characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

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