devour

导读:devour英[dɪˈvaʊə(r)]美[dɪˈvaʊər]v.狼吞虎咽地吃,如饥似渴地读,吞噬;第三人称单数:devours; 过去式:devoured; 过去分词:devoured; 现在分词:devouring; 例句Open thy doo

devour

[dɪˈvaʊə(r)][dɪˈvaʊər]

v.狼吞虎咽地吃,如饥似渴地读,吞噬;

第三人称单数:devours;

过去式:devoured;

过去分词:devoured;

现在分词:devouring;

例句

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.1黎巴嫩哪, 开开你的门, 任火烧灭你的香柏树.

The pythons have even been known to devour the odd alligator.这些大蟒已经因吞噬稀有的短吻鳄而被尽人皆知.

Nor could she devour them by any escapade of a less legitimate description.她也不能通过任何不大合法的自由放荡行为来吞没他们.

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

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

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

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

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。

同义词

devour的同义词之:其他释义

ruindestroyovereatengulfgorgegulpwasteconsumepreoccupyswallowpreyeat

devour的同义词之:狼吞虎咽;吞食

eatswallowconsume

vt.

devour的同义词之:吞没,毁灭

destroyruinwaste

同义词解析

以下这些动词均可表示"吃" 的意思

eat:普通用词,使用广泛。既可用于人,也可用于动物。

dine:正式用词,既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐,也可以指特殊的用餐。

have:可与eat换用,但强调一次性的动作。

consume:侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净,可用于人和动物。

devour:指狼吞虎咽地吃,强调吃得既快又彻底。

gorge:侧重指拼命地吃或塞,强调吃饱或吃得过量。

swallow:主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分"咽",并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。

以下这些动词均有"读,阅读" 的意思

read:*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住其要旨。

skim:指略读或浏览。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食

If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.

例句

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。She devoured half an apple pie.她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。

VERB

如饥似渴地阅读;热切地看

If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm.

例句

She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12.年仅 12 岁时,她就开始如饥似渴地阅读报纸。

英汉词典释义

vt.

狼吞虎咽地吃光; 贪婪地读[看, 听]

The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。

耗尽, 挥霍掉

津津有味地看;如饥似渴地读

吞没;吞噬;毁灭

英英词典释义

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"

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