devour

英 [dɪˈvaʊə(r)] 美 [dɪˈvaʊər]

v.  (尤指因饥饿而)狼吞虎咽地吃光; 津津有味地看; 如饥似渴地读; 吞没; 吞噬; 毁灭

现在分词:devouring过去分词:devoured过去式:devoured第三人称单数:devours

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牛津词典

verb

  1. (尤指因饥饿而)狼吞虎咽地吃光
    to eat all of sth quickly, especially because you are very hungry
    1. 津津有味地看;如饥似渴地读
      to read or look at sth with great interest and enthusiasm
      1. She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers.
        无论是书、杂志,还是报纸,只要能弄得到,她都看得津津有味。
    2. 吞没;吞噬;毁灭
      to destroy sb/sth
      1. Flames devoured the house.
        大火吞噬了这栋房子。

    柯林斯词典

    1. VERB 狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食
      If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
      1. 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。
      2. She devoured half an apple pie.
        她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
    2. 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.
      1. 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。

    双语例句

    1. 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。
    2. She devoured half an apple pie.
      她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
    3. 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。
    4. 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。
    5. Larger fish devour the smaller ones.; The great fish eat up the small.
      大鱼吃小鱼。
    6. You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.
      你们要在列邦中灭亡,仇敌之地要吞吃你们。
    7. They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces; with their arrows they pierce them.
      他要吞吃敌国,折断他们的骨头,用箭射透他们。
    8. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers.
      又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长,故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。
    9. Suddenly they begin to devour the healthy cattle.
      突然它们开始吞吃那些健康的牛。
    10. We won't find the way. wolves're going to devour us.
      我们找不到路出去,狼会吃了我们。
    11. The larvae devour the stink bug from the inside.
      幼虫从内而外吞噬椿象。
    12. Make yourself all honey, and the flies will devour you.
      你若成蜂蜜,苍蝇吃掉你。
    13. This world is very hostile, where all complex life must devour other life to survive.
      这个世界是非常恶劣,所有复杂的生活都必须吞食其他生命生存。
    14. See, we devour the plates on which we fed.
      看,我们把盘子也吃掉了。
    15. I like her too well, my dear Heathcliff, to let you absolutely seize and devour her up.
      我太喜欢她啦,我亲爱的希刺克厉夫,我不容你专横地把她抓住吞掉。
    16. It went ashore on lunar New Year's Eve to devour people and animals.
      每年农历除夕它就会上岸吃人和动物。
    17. They will swoop down on to the fields which men have cultivated and devour every kind of harvest.
      它们会突然下降到人耕耘的田野上,吞吃每一种的收成。
    18. She watched the Doctor devour her biscuit and sausage, too much excited to eat anything herself.
      她看着医生吃掉她的饼干和香肠,太兴奋了自己吃东西。
    19. They devour the marlin, leaving only the head, skeleton, and tail.
      它们吞噬了马林鱼,只剩下了鱼头、骨架和尾巴。
    20. They just devour all the food around them.
      他们只会吞噬周围的食物。
    21. They arrived at a hotel, the high guy orders a few vegetableses to devour voraciously to get up.
      他们来到了一家饭店,高佬点了几个菜就狼吞虎咽了起来。
    22. And desire not to devour all things which you see around you.
      不要想著把你周边的东西都狼吞虎咽掉。
    23. Not like what you rough, greedy people devour.
      不像你们那种粗鲁,贪婪的人们那样,只知道吞食。
    24. He intends to double this article strange fish will smoke fish devour mouth, it will not produce specimens.
      他打算把这条奇怪的双嘴鱼做成烟熏鱼吃掉,而不会将它制成标本。
    25. In lonely hours, the tears devour you.
      在寂寞的时,泪水将充盈你。
    26. But when they find a juicy morsel for themselves, they devour it in silence, hensure.
      但当是她们自己发现了一小块美食时,就会静静地很温驯地吞下往。
    27. Cannibalize: Abominations can devour fresh corpses to heal their wounds.
      食尸:憎恶可以通过吃掉新鲜的尸体,以治愈它们的伤口。
    28. So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
      所以我将派遣一个消防后墙上的加沙,和它应吃掉她的据点。
    29. But as a city kid in Manhattan, all I could do was devour books describing these joys.
      但作为在曼哈顿长大的城市孩子,我能做的一切就是贪婪地读描写这些乐事的书了。
    30. I tried to devour my repentance and disgust in secret.
      我竭力暗自吞咽我的后悔和憎恨。

    同义词辨析

      eat bolt chew devour【导航词义:吃】

      eat v. 吃,食用

    〔辨析〕普通用词,通常指用餐、吃东西。

    〔例证〕
    She is eating bread.
    她正在吃面包。
    I usually eat oatmeal for breakfast.
    我通常吃燕麦粥当早饭。
    The Chinese eat with chopsticks.
    中国人用筷子吃饭。
    She was eating a hamburger.
    她在吃汉堡包。
    We took our time and ate slowly.
    我们不慌不忙地吃着。
    Those sausages should be eaten within two days.
    那些香肠应该在两天内吃掉。

      bolt v. 狼吞虎咽

    〔辨析〕指匆匆吞咽食物,通常与 down 连用。

    〔例证〕
    He bolted down his breakfast and went to school.
    他把早饭囫囵吞下,便上学去了。
    Don't bolt your food down like that.
    别那样狼吞虎咽地吃东西。

      chew v. 嚼,咀嚼

    〔辨析〕指用牙齿嚼碎食物等。

    〔例证〕
    It is healthy to chew food well before you swallow it.
    细嚼慢咽有益于健康。
    Babies like to chew on something when they're teething.
    幼儿长牙时爱嚼东西。

      devour v. 吞咽

    〔辨析〕指饥饿时狼吞虎咽地吃东西,强调吃得快而彻底。

    〔例证〕
    The boys devoured their burgers and fries.
    男孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃光了汉堡和薯条。
    We sat by the fireplace, devouring beef and onions.
    我们坐在壁炉旁,大口大口地吃着牛肉和洋葱。
    My dog will devour at least one can of food per day.
    我的狗每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。
    The boy devoured half an apple pie.
    小男孩狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。

    习惯用语

    v.

      be devoured by sth

    • 心中充满(强烈的情感)
      to be filled with a strong emotion that seems to control you
      1. She was devoured by envy and hatred.
        她心中充满嫉妒和憎恨。

    英英释义

    verb

    1. eat greedily
      1. he devoured three sandwiches

      Synonym:    guttleravenpig

    2. eat immoderately
      1. Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

      Synonym:    downconsumego through

    3. destroy completely
      1. Fire had devoured our home

    4. enjoy avidly
      1. She devoured his novels