形容词
词源
源自中古英語 glotenose、glotenouse、glotonos、glotonous、glotounius、glotynous，源自中古法語 glotonos，等价于glutton + -ous。
读音
- /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/
释义
贪吃的，贪食的
Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
人又說他是貪食好酒的人，是稅吏和罪人的朋友。
1611，The Holy Bible, […]（King James Version），London： […] Robert Barker, […]，→OCLC，「Matthew 11:19」：贪婪的
Look your last on your dearest ones, Brothers and husbands, fathers, sons: Swift they go to the ravenous guns, / The gluttonous guns of War.
1914, Robert W. Service, The Call:One day the mail-man found no village there, / Nor were its folk or houses seen again; / People came out from Aylesbury to stare – / Yet they all told the mail-man it was plain / That he was mad for saying he had spied / The great hill's gluttonous eyes, and jaws stretched wide.
1929, H.P. Lovecraft, Fungi from Yuggoth:
词形与写法（2）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| more gluttonous | comparative | |
| most gluttonous | superlative |