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ravager

/rav-ij/US // ˈræv ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈrævɪdʒ) //

蹂躏者,掠夺者,蹂躏狂,强奸者

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rav·aged, rav·ag·ing.

    • : to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rav·aged, rav·ag·ing.

    • : to work havoc; do ruinous damage.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war.
    • : devastating or destructive action.

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Examples

  • After working on lipid-based drug delivery systems for so many years, Cullis said in an interview that he has been awed by their sudden success in vaccines that will save countless people from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • But this unaccountable gray ravager 108 was bigger than any two such wolves, fiercer and more dauntless than any ten.

  • This checked the hounds for a moment, but Ravager cast forward, and presently they came on faster than ever.

  • He looked back at the pack working out his line in the fields below him, and saw that Ravager was at their head.

  • A grey bear visited the folds at Hleithargarth; many such a ravager was there far and wide throughout the country.

  • The good fortune that secured me the ravaged pupa taught me nothing concerning the tactics of the ravager.