devour
verb
Definitions of devour verb
- Transitive(及物動詞)
To eat something quickly and in large quantities, leaving nothing behind.
狼吞虎嚥地吃；吞食
The pack of hungry wolves quickly devoured their prey.
那群飢餓的狼迅速吞食了牠們的獵物。
The children devoured all the pizza in no time.
孩子們很快就把所有的披薩吃光了。
She devoured the snacks at the party.
她在派對上狼吞虎嚥地吃著零食。
- Transitive(及物動詞)literary(文學性)
To destroy something completely, often in a rapid and devastating manner.
徹底摧毀；毀滅
The tsunami devoured all the houses along the coast.
海嘯吞噬了沿海的所有房屋。
The wildfire quickly devoured the forest.
野火迅速吞噬了森林。
The war devoured the entire nation.
戰爭吞噬了整個國家。
- Transitive(及物動詞)
To read books or other written materials with great eagerness and speed.
如飢似渴地閱讀
She is a voracious reader and always devours one novel after another.
她是一位如饑似渴的讀者，總是一本接一本地閱讀小說。
He devours the newspaper every day.
他每天都如飢似渴地閱讀報紙。
She devoured books on history.
她如飢似渴地閱讀歷史書籍。
Idioms
- be devoured by something
To be overwhelmed by a particular emotion, especially a negative one, to the point that it significantly influences one's behavior.
充滿某種情緒（尤指負面情緒）
• She was devoured by fear of the future and couldn't make any decisions.
她被對未來的恐懼吞噬，無法做出任何決定。