rav·in /ˈrævən/
掠奪,獵食,掠奪物
Rav·en, v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. --Gen. xlix. 27.
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Rav·en n. [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. Rapine; rapacity.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Rav·in a. Ravenous. [Obs.]
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Rav·in, Rav·ine n. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. “Fowls of ravyne.”
Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
Rav·in, Rav·ine, v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i.