sharp-set — قاموس الإنجليزية

صفة

1. Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous.

   الاستعمال

   • قديم الطابع
   • idiomatic

   أمثلة

   an eagle or a lion sharp-set

   December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope The town is sharp-set on new plays.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   "Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch."

صفة

1. extremely hungry

   مرادفات

   famishedravenousstarvedesurient

   أمثلة

   they were tired and famished for food and sleep

   a ravenous boy

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   the family was starved and ragged

   fell into the esurient embrace of a predatory enemy