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

• The lion devoured the deer.
  狮子狼吞虎咽地把鹿吃了下去。
• He devoured the novel he had bought.
  他贪婪地阅读那本买来的小说。
• For they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.
  他们贪婪地吞掉了剩下的蛋糕。
• He devoured Alice with his eyes.
  他用双眼贪婪地看著爱丽丝。
• Fire had devoured our home.
  火灾毁灭了我的家园。
• He devoured the traditional literature of food and wine pairing and found it wanting.
  他仔细研究了食物和葡萄酒搭配的传统，并且发现了其中的不足。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.
  狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
• The dog, he adds, was dragged into the cave, where it was devoured by hyenas.
  那只狗被鬣狗拖进到洞中，然后被吞食了，他补充道。
• Time and war have devoured many ancient monuments.
  时间和战争毁掉了许多古代石碑。
• But in the end this huge donkey was devoured by the small tiger.
  但到后来，大驴子还是被小老虎吃掉了。