devoured

英 [dɪˈvaʊəd]

美 [dɪˈvaʊərd]

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
devour的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食
  If a person or animaldevourssomething, 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。
• VERB 如饥似渴地阅读;热切地看
  If youdevoura 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

• The flames devoured the curtains.
  火焰吞没了帷帘。
• He devoured the novel he had bought.
  他贪婪地阅读那本买来的小说。
• The children must have been starved when they came in for dinner because they devoured their food.
  这些孩子一进来吃饭，就把碗儿吃了个精光，他们一定是饿极了。
• Time and war have devoured many ancient monuments.
  时间和战争毁掉了许多古代石碑。
• The entire carcass, hide, guts and bones, will quickly be devoured.
  整个动物尸体，包括皮、内脏和骨，很快便会被吞噬。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.
  狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
• He devoured all the books I gave him.
  他贪婪地阅读我给他的所有书籍。
• But in the end this huge donkey was devoured by the small tiger.
  但到后来，大驴子还是被小老虎吃掉了。
• He devoured Alice with his eyes.
  他用双眼贪婪地看著爱丽丝。
• I literally devoured the food down.
  我狼吞虎咽的吃完所有食物。