devour的中文翻译是什么意思
devour
v. 狼吞虎咽地吃; 如饥似渴地读; 吞噬
devour的柯林斯释义
VERB狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食
If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
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.
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。
devour的英文释义
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
devour的同义词辨析
eat, dine, have, consume, devour, gorge, swallow
这些动词均可表示"吃"之意。
- 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。
read, devour, scan, skim
这些动词均有"读，阅读"之意。
devour的场景例句
North African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs.
非洲北部獴; 古代曾被认为吞吃鳄鱼蛋.
And I will send fire to the wall of Gaza , And it will devour its palaces.
我要降火在迦萨的城墙,烧灭其中的宫殿.
I can't sleep until I devour you.
我不吃下你甚至无法入睡.
And desire not to devour all things which you see around you.
不要想着把你周边的东西都狼吞虎咽掉.
We watched the flames devour the entire building.
我们看着火苗吞噬整座大楼.