devour的中文翻譯是什麼意思
devour
v. 狼吞虎嚥地吃; 如飢似渴地讀; 吞噬
devour的柯林斯釋義
VERB狼吞虎嚥地吃;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糧。
She devoured half an apple pie.
她狼吞虎嚥地吃下了半個蘋果派。
VERB如飢似渴地閱讀;熱切地看
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.
年僅 12 歲時，她就開始如飢似渴地閱讀報紙。
devour的英文釋義
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的同義詞辨析
eat, dine, have, consume, devour, gorge, swallow
這些動詞均可表示"吃"之意。
- eat ： 普通用詞，使用廣泛。既可用於人，也可用於動物。
- dine ： 正式用詞，既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐，也可以指特殊的用餐。
- have ： 可與eat換用，但強調一次性的動作。
- consume ： 側重痛痛快快地吃得一乾二淨，可用於人和動物。
- devour ： 指狼吞虎嚥地吃，強調吃得既快又徹底。
- gorge ： 側重指拼命地吃或塞，強調吃飽或吃得過量。
- swallow ： 主要指吃的整個過程的第二部分"咽"，並常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。
read, devour, scan, skim
這些動詞均有"讀，閱讀"之意。
devour的場景例句
North African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs.
非洲北部獴; 古代曾被認為吞吃鱷魚蛋.
And I will send fire to the wall of Gaza , And it will devour its palaces.
我要降火在迦薩的城牆,燒滅其中的宮殿.
I can't sleep until I devour you.
我不吃下你甚至無法入睡.
And desire not to devour all things which you see around you.
不要想著把你周邊的東西都狼吞虎嚥掉.
We watched the flames devour the entire building.
我們看著火苗吞噬整座大樓.