Значение
значений: 10(архаичное, книжное, переходный)Sometimes followed by away or from: to obtain or seize (something, especially property) by force or violence; to plunder.
(архаичное, книжное, переходный)Sometimes followed by down, up, or (obsolete) in: to eat (something, such as food or prey) greedily; to devour, to wolf down.
(архаичное, переносно, книжное, переходный)To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
(архаичное, непереходный, книжное)Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
(архаичное, непереходный, книжное)To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
(архаичное, непереходный, книжное)Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
(архаичное, непереходный, книжное)Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
(архаичное, непереходный, книжное)Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
(архаичное, переносно, непереходный, книжное)To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
(архаичное, переносно, непереходный, книжное)Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
Происхождение
The noun is derived from Middle English ravin, ravine, raven (“rapine, robbery; rape; forcThe noun is derived from Middle English ravin, ravine, raven (“rapine, robbery; rape; force, violence; greed, rapacity; stolen goods, booty, plunder; prey, quarry; pursuit of prey; predatoriness, voracity”), from Anglo-Norman ravein, raveine, ravine (“rapine, robbery; rape; force, violence; greed, rapacity; impetuousness; stolen goods”), Middle French ravine, and Old French ravine (“rapine, robbery; force, violence; impetuousness”), from Latin rapīna (“pillage, plunder, robbery, rapine; booty, plunder”), from rapiō (“to abduct, carry off; to grab, snatch; to rape; to steal”) (from Proto-Italic *rapjō (“to seize, take away”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- (“to snatch”)) + -īna (suffix forming abstract nouns).
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Формы
ravins, ravining, ravined, ravinedОднокоренные
связанных слов: 1Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени