devours

英 [dɪˈvaʊəz]

美 [dɪˈvaʊərz]

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的第三人称单数

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

• Chinese modernization has constructed a language dominated by city culture, which presses, polishes and even devours the other languages, with country language in particular.
  中国的现代化进程中建构了以城市为主导的语言文化，它构成了对其它语言文化特别是对乡土语言文化的压制、打磨和吞噬。
• He couldn't wait for the cooling of the dumplings, which, plump and savoury, disappeared in his devours.
  饺子刚上桌，他便迫不及待了，一个个饱满熟香的饺子在他的嘴里瞬间“香消玉殒”。
• The leopard devours its prey.
  美洲豹玩弄它们的猎物。
• He often devours some insects, such as cockroaches, centipedes, earthworms.
  他经常蚕食昆虫，如蟑螂、蜈蚣、蚯蚓。
• But like a dieter who devours a whole box of cookies in a moment of weakness, I found my resolve slipping occasionally.
  可是，就像节食者一时软弱竟把整盒饼干吃个精光一样，我发现自己的决心也有动摇之时。
• Many a rat devours the lion.
  鼠多能把狮子吃。
• Every fusion reaction devours exactly one tritium ion and produces exactly one neutron.
  每一个聚变反应会耗一个氚核并只产生一个中子。
• A larva of several tortricid moths, especially the spruce budworm, that devours plant buds.
  一些卷叶蛾的幼虫，尤指云杉芽虫，吞食植物的幼芽。
• The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims.
  这民起来仿佛母狮，挺身好像公狮，未曾吃野食，未曾喝被伤者之血，决不躺卧。
• Our envy of others devours us most of all.
  我们对他人的忌羡大抵将我们吞噬。