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

• He devoured everything he could lay his hands on; books, magazines and newspapers.
  无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，他都看得津津有味。
• He devoured all the books I gave him.
  他贪婪地阅读我给他的所有书籍。
• The flames devoured the curtains.
  火焰吞没了帷帘。
• Flames quickly devoured the building.
  火焰很快吞噬了建筑。
• Fire had devoured our home.
  火灾毁灭了我的家园。
• In three or four weeks, Marius had devoured this bliss.
  马吕斯饱啖这一幸福已有三或四个星期。
• 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。
• He devoured the novel he had bought.
  他贪婪地阅读那本买来的小说。
• I serve by being devoured thin, I am quick, fat I am slow, Wind is my foe, What am I?
  我被吞噬薄的服务，我快我慢，脂肪，风是我的敌人，我是什么？
• I devoured my bread and drank my coffee, but I should have been glad of as much more-I was still hungry.
  我狼吞虎咽地吃下了面包，喝下了咖啡，可是如果再来这么一份，我还是很高兴&我还饿。