eating or wanting large amounts of food 饭量大的；贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的 a voracious eater 贪吃的人 to have a voracious appetite 胃口极大
wanting a lot of new information and knowledge （对信息、知识）渴求的；求知欲强的 a voracious reader 求知欲极强的读者 a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts 一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin vorax, vorac- (from vorare ‘devour’) + -ious.