greedy
greedy 英 [ˈgri:di] 美 [ˈɡridi]
adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的
比较级:greedier 最高级:greediest
- Being greedy means you want more and more of something, especially money. But you can be greedy for just about anything, including food, drink, or fame.
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- adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的
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1. That fellow was very cruel and greedy.
那个家伙既凶残又贪婪。
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2. You greedy pig!
你这个馋嘴！
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3. He stared at the diamonds with greedy eyes.
他眼巴巴地盯着这些钻石。
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4. She ate noisily and greedily.
她吧嗒着嘴狼吞虎咽地吃。
- greedy (adj.) Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (source also of Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *græduz (source also of Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- (2) "to like, want" (source of Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").
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