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devour v.吞食；毁灭；贪婪地阅读 (1) 他坐在火炉旁，狼吞虎咽地吃着牛肉和洋葱。(2) 我们看着火苗吞噬整座大楼。(3) 这孩子专注地听着童话故事。 The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book. If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop. The Latin root, devorare, means "to swallow down."

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英 [dɪ'vaʊə(r)] 美 [dɪ'vaʊər] (1) He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions.(2) We watched the flames devour the entire building.(3) The child devours fairy tales. When you've gone all day without eating anything, you'll probably devour your dinner, especially if it's your very favorite homemade lasagna. Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily. 1[VERB 动词]狼吞虎咽地吃；吞食 If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.   [V n]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。She devoured half an apple pie.她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。2[VERB 动词]如饥似渴地阅读；热切地看 If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm.   [V n]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。

英语单词	devour
英美音标	英 [dɪ'vaʊə(r)] 美 [dɪ'vaʊər]
中文释义	v.吞食；毁灭；贪婪地阅读
英语例句	(1) He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions. (2) We watched the flames devour the entire building. (3) The child devours fairy tales.
中文例句	(1) 他坐在火炉旁，狼吞虎咽地吃着牛肉和洋葱。 (2) 我们看着火苗吞噬整座大楼。 (3) 这孩子专注地听着童话故事。
vocabulary简明	When you've gone all day without eating anything, you'll probably devour your dinner, especially if it's your very favorite homemade lasagna. Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily.
vocabulary扩展	The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book. If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop. The Latin root, devorare, means "to swallow down."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]狼吞虎咽地吃；吞食 If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. [V n] 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。 She devoured half an apple pie. 她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。 2 [VERB 动词]如饥似渴地阅读；热切地看 If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. [V n] 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。

Devour Means Eat Book Verb 动词 Quickly [V