devour

英[dɪ'vaʊə(r)] 美[dɪ'vaʊər]
  • v. 吞食；毁灭；贪婪地阅读
devouringly devourer devoured devoured devouring devours
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. 贪婪地看，津津有味地看
    2. 拼命吃，狼吞虎咽地吃
    3. 舐光，吃光
    4. 吞灭，吞没，吞食，吞噬
    5. 贪读，如饥似渴地读
    6. 凝视
    7. 倾听
    8. 使被吸引住
    9. ...到极点
    10. 烧灭，毁灭
    11. 捕杀
    12. 吸引
    13. 充满
    14. 使痛苦，折磨
    15. 心中充满（强烈的情感）
    16. 挥霍，耗尽
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃光 eat quickly and completely
    2. vt. 津津有味地看；如饥似渴地读 read or look at sth with great interest and enthusiasm
    3. vt. 吞没；毁灭 destroy

英英释义

Verb:
  1. destroy completely;

    "Fire had devoured our home"

  2. enjoy avidly;

    "She devoured his novels"

  3. eat immoderately;

    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

  4. eat greedily;

    "he devoured three sandwiches"

双语例句

1. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.
最后，他们狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到处都是。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Larger fish devour the smaller ones.
大鱼吃小鱼.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day.
中型犬每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.
昆虫会使我们无法在这个世界上生存: 如果不是由于食虫动物的 保

来自《用法词典》

5. When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.
要是有一个狼因为羸弱而倒下, 其它的狼就会把它吞吃下去.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions.
      他坐在火炉旁，狼吞虎咽地吃着牛肉和洋葱。
    2. We watched the flames devour the entire building.
      我们看着火苗吞噬整座大楼。
    3. The child devours fairy tales.
      这孩子专注地听着童话故事。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+ ～+n./pron.
    1. The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.
      狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
    2. He devoured everything he could lay his hands on: books,magazines and newspapers.
      无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，他都看得津津有味。
    3. The flames devoured the curtains.
      火焰吞没了帷帘。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
devour, consume, eat, ingest, swallow
  • 这几个词的共同意思是“吃”。其区别在于:eat最常用,指放入口中经过咀嚼再吞咽下去的过程,对人或物都适用,引申指缓慢地逐渐腐蚀或消磨过程; consume指吃完全部食物或喝光所有饮料,引申指消耗光所有的物质、金钱等; devour强调狼吞虎咽地吃,引申指吞灭或毁灭; ingest是生理学用语,指咽下或吸收的过程; swallow指不经过充分咀嚼就囫囵吞入肚中,强调匆忙。例如:
  • The termites have eaten deep into the wood.白蚁已经把木头蛀得很深了。
  • The fire soon consumed the wooden building.大火不久就烧毁了这座木头建筑物。
  • He was devoured by hate.他满腔怨恨。
  • Twelve workers have ingested radioactive substances well above the permitted maximum.12名工人摄入体内的放射性物质已大大超过最大限度。
  • This drug can't be swallowed; it has to be injected.这药不能吞服,只能注射。
    • read，devour，scan，skim
  • 这些动词均有“读、阅读”之意。
  • read最普通用词，含义广泛。既指朗读又可指默读。
  • devour指贪婪地读，暗含对某些作者或作品迷恋之义。
  • scan指快速扫视文章等以抓其要旨或找寻某一具体信息。
  • skim指略读或浏览。

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    devout devotion Devourdy devourly devourment Devour with devour v. devouringly devouringness devour the way Devour a novel. devour the course
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