avid

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
    — an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies
  2. greedy

词形变化

more avid comparative avider comparative,uncommon most avid superlative avidest superlative,uncommon

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti
Latin aveō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin avidusbor.
French avide
English avid
From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
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