energy-hungry

Anglais

Étymologie

Composé de energy (« énergie ») et hungry (« qui a faim »).

Adjectif

energy-hungry \Prononciation ?\

1. Énergivore.
   • But a number of clothes line rebels have risked legal action by disobeying these rules, saying it is the duty of Americans to reduce their carbon footprint and leave their energy-hungry tumble dryers idle. — (Tom Geoghegan, The fight against clothes line bans, BBC News, 7 octobre 2010)

Synonymes

• energivorous (Rare)