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基本釋義

v.
狼吞虎咽地吃; 如饑似渴地讀; 吞噬

詞性變化

實用例句

She was devoured by envy and hatred.

她心中充滿嫉妒和憎恨。

牛津詞典

Flames devoured the house.

大火吞噬了這棟房子。

牛津詞典

She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers.

無論是書、雜志,還是報紙,只要能弄得到,她都看得津津有味。

牛津詞典

She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12.

年僅 12 歲時,她就開始如饑似渴地閱讀報紙。

She devoured half an apple pie.

她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半個蘋果派。

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糧。

North African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs.

非洲北部獴; 古代曾被認(rèn)為吞吃鱷魚蛋.

期刊摘選

And I will send fire to the wall of Gaza , And it will devour its palaces.

我要降火在迦薩的城墻,燒滅其中的宮殿.

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I can't sleep until I devour you.

我不吃下你甚至無法入睡.

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And desire not to devour all things which you see around you.

不要想著把你周邊的東西都狼吞虎咽掉.

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We watched the flames devour the entire building.

我們看著火苗吞噬整座大樓.

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Her lifetime is ruined in feudalism feudal and rite, is devour by merciless feudalism family.

她的一生葬送于封建禮教, 被無情的封建家庭吞噬激情六月天論壇.

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Larger fish devour the smaller ones.

大魚吃小魚.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Nor could she devour them by any escapade of a less legitimate description.

她也不能通過任何不大合法的自由放蕩行為來吞沒他們.

辭典例句

And the sword shall abide on his cities andand devour them, because of their own counsels.

6刀劍必臨到他們的城邑,毀壞門閂,把人吞滅, 都因他們隨從自己的計謀.

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Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers.

又或許你可以選擇加速自己的成長,故意地揮霍生活及其提供的一切.

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Go, gather all the beasts of the field; Bring them to devour.

你們?nèi)ゾ奂镆暗陌佾F, 帶來吞吃罷.

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Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever?

26押尼珥呼叫約押說, 刀劍豈可永遠 殺人 嗎.

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Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!

1利巴嫩哪, 開開你的門, 任火燒滅你的香柏樹.

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A large family party would quickly devour all the food in one area.

一次大型家庭聚餐會很快吃光一個地方的所有食物.

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They devour 16 the marlin, leaving only the head, skeleton, and tail.

它們吞噬了馬林魚, 只剩下了魚頭 、 骨架和尾巴.

期刊摘選

Mk. 12:40 Who devour the widows'a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.

可十二40他們侵吞寡婦的家產(chǎn),假意作很長的禱告. 這些人要受更重的刑罰.

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The big fish continued to devour the little ones.

那條大魚繼續(xù)吞吃小魚.

辭典例句

Make yourself all honey, and the flies will devour you.

你若成蜂蜜, 蒼蠅吃掉你.

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To see is to devour.

看,便是吞吃.

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英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. destroy completely;

    "Fire had devoured our home"

  • 2. enjoy avidly;

    "She devoured his novels"

  • 3. eat immoderately;

    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

  • 4. eat greedily;

    "he devoured three sandwiches"

同義詞辨析

eat, dine, have, consume, devour, gorge, swallow

這些動詞均可表示"吃"之意。

  • eat: 普通用詞,使用廣泛。既可用于人,也可用于動物。
  • dine: 正式用詞,既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐,也可以指特殊的用餐。
  • have: 可與eat換用,但強調(diào)一次性的動作。
  • consume: 側(cè)重痛痛快快地吃得一干二凈,可用于人和動物。
  • devour: 指狼吞虎咽地吃,強調(diào)吃得既快又徹底。
  • gorge: 側(cè)重指拼命地吃或塞,強調(diào)吃飽或吃得過量。
  • swallow: 主要指吃的整個過程的第二部分"咽",并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。

read, devour, scan, skim

這些動詞均有"讀,閱讀"之意。

  • read: 最普通用詞,含義廣泛。既指朗讀又可指默讀。
  • devour: 指貪婪地讀,暗含對某些作者或作品迷戀之義。
  • scan: 指快速掃視文章等以抓住其要旨。
  • skim: 指略讀或瀏覽。

同義詞

狼吞虎咽;吞食

eatswallowconsume

vt.吞沒,毀滅

destroyruinwaste

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