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

• His eyes were devoured with anger.
  他的眼里充满了愤怒。
• 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。
• 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？
• The flames devoured the curtains.
  火焰吞没了帷帘。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.
  狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
• The entire carcass, hide, guts and bones, will quickly be devoured.
  整个动物尸体，包括皮、内脏和骨，很快便会被吞噬。
• He devoured the novel he had bought.
  他贪婪地阅读那本买来的小说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。