greedygreed•y /'ɡriːdɪ/

adj

1. 贪心的；贪婪的

• be greedy for money 贪财

2. 贪吃的；嘴馋的

• The greedy boy ate so many cakes that he was sick. 那馋嘴的男孩因吃了太多的蛋糕生病了。

3. 渴望的

• greedy for knowledge 求知若渴

–greedily adv –greediness n U