having or showing a great desire to possess something, typically something belonging to someone else 贪婪的;垂涎的;妄求的 she fingered the linen with covetous hands. 她很羡慕地抚摸着那块亚麻布。
派生 covetously adverb covetousness noun 语源
Middle English: from Old French coveitous, based on Latin cupiditas (see cupidity)