avid

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av·id /ˈævɪd/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingdoing something as much as possible 劲头十足的；热衷的 SYN keen

an avid collector of old jazz records

爵士乐旧唱片的热心收藏者

an avid reader

热心的读者

Examples from the Corpus

avid• His ballgame companion, Marge Locke, is just as avid a fan.• Tim's father is an avid collector of old blues and jazz records.• Factors fueling the avid interest in e-commerce run the gamut of the business process.• As a keen writer and avid newspaper reader, Jenny had always wanted to be a journalist.• He took avid notes as Father Campbell outlined the program for the week.• His own father had been an avid ornithologist, so his aunt had told him.

Origin avid

(1700-1800) French avide, from Latin avidus, from avere; → AVARICE

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