devour
動詞
定義 devour 動詞
- 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。
成語
- 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。