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

• I ordered a chicken burger with a cup of Milo and they were soon devoured.
  我买了一个鸡肉汉堡和一杯热巧克力（就是美禄）。
• 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？
• There she came to the sun, but it was too hot and terrible and it devoured little children.
  在那里，她来到了太阳，但它太炎热和可怕的，它吞噬小孩。
• She devoured half an apple pie.
  她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
• The lion devoured the deer.
  狮子狼吞虎咽地把鹿吃了下去。
• He had devoured the newspapers sent out to him from england.
  他急切地阅读了从英国寄给他的报纸。
• He devoured Alice with his eyes.
  他用双眼贪婪地看著爱丽丝。
• For they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.
  他们贪婪地吞掉了剩下的蛋糕。
• Flames quickly devoured the building.
  火焰很快吞噬了建筑。
• 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。