greedy
معنی فارسی
ازمند حريص دندان گرد پرخور ارزومند مشتاق
معنی کامل و مثالها
/grēd´ē/adj.
● آزمند، طمعکار، حریص، فزون خواه، کسی که بیش از آنچه نیاز دارد میخواهد، طماع
that greedy, rich man still labors for money
آن مرد ثروتمند طماع هنوز هم برای پول جان میکند.
● شکم پرست، مشتاق غذا، پر ولع
he ate the food greedily
خوراک را حریصانه خورد.
* to be greedy (for)
حرص زدن، زیاده خواستن، طمعکار بودن
take as much as you can eat and don't be greedy
آنقدر که میتوانی بخوری بردار و حرص نزن!
تعریف انگلیسی
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth “they are avaricious and will do anything for money” “casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields” “a grasping old miser” “grasping commercialism” “greedy for money and power” “grew richer and greedier” “prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees”
- (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous “avid for adventure” “an avid ambition to succeed” “fierce devouring affection” “the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity” “greedy for fame”
- wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume “don't be greedy with the cookies”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate.
2. Eager, very desirous.
3. Grasping, avaricious, rapacious, selfish.