mid-13c., from Old French coveitos (12c., Modern French convoiteux) "desirous, covetous," from Vulgar Latin *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (see covet). Related: Covetously; covetousness.
雙語例句
1. Even here a red Lamborghini Diablo sports car attracts covetous stares.
即便在這兒，蘭博基尼的紅色迪亞博羅跑車也會招來垂涎的目光。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A poor man wants some things , a covetous man all things.
窮人需求不多,財迷想要一切.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.
她既忌妒簡的美貌又垂涎她的汽車.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
貪婪之徒,與世無益,尤害自身.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. He raised his head, with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.