devouring

英 [dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：devouring　

COCA.39966

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

• A word, a look, and it's suddenly there, all consuming, devouring.
  一句话，一个眼神，它就会突然发生，强烈的，不计后果的。
• He ws already devouring detective fiction as a young child.
  他小时候就已经在如饥似渴地阅读侦探小说。
• Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
  像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对妓女怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。
• He saw her devouring one with relish, looking carefully at his movements all the while.
  他看见她正香甜地吃着，注视着他的动作。
• She loved to read, and she would lie awake late at night in her bed, devouring books.
  她爱读书，晚上，她会在床上躺到深夜，如饥似渴地贪读着书。
• Oh My God Society Is Collapsing And We Will Soon Be Devouring Each Other In The Streets Like Dogs And A Crippled One-eyed Boy Will Be King If We Don't Fix This By Next Week.
  噢，我的上帝，社会正在倒塌，我们很快就会像狗一样在街上自相残杀，如果下周前我们不能改变这一切，一位跛脚的独眼男孩就会成为国王。
• Factors affecting the drug craving of physically dried-out drug addicts avid for adventure; an avid ambition to succeed; fierce devouring affection; the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity; greedy for fame.
  生理脱毒者药物渴求的影响因素和特点渴望冒险；对成功的贪婪野心；热烈、贪婪的爱情；贪婪的眼睛和渴望的求知欲；贪名逐利。
• She recalls. I got my glorious box and had to stop at devouring two.
  她回忆说我到盒子前努力制止自己吃两个馅饼的贪婪欲望。
• They swarm across the forest floor, overpowering and devouring anything that can't get away.
  它们成群遍布于森林的地面击败任何对手，吃掉所有东西。
• He frets over the kudzu that is devouring abandoned buildings.
  他为占据了废弃建筑的野葛而烦恼不已。