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voracity
noun[ U ]
formaluk /vəˈræs.ə.ti/ us /vɚˈæs.ə.t̬i/
the fact that an animal or a person wants to eat a large amount of food:
The requirement for prey depended on the voracity of the beetles.
The young insects feed with astonishing voracity.
the state of being very eager to have a lot of something: 如饥似渴;贪婪
The scale and voracity of his betting was shocking.
There were rumours about his sexual voracity.
The voracity of the seals creates a problem - the fish cannot breed faster than the seals can eat them.
More important was the voracity with which he devoured mathematics.
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