a. 贪吃的, 狼吞虎咽的

[ adj ]
devouring or craving food in great quantities
<adj.all>
edacious vulturesa rapacious appetite
ravenous as wolves
voracious sharks

Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
-- {E*da"cious*ly}, adv. -- {E*da"cious*ness}, n.