devour

/di'vauә/ uk　 词频 #8478

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devour 是什么意思

中文释义

vt. 吞食, 挥霍, 吞没

英文释义

v. destroy completely

v. enjoy avidly

v. eat immoderately

v. eat greedily

devour 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 devour 在自然语境里怎么用：

I devoured novels by Sue Miller, Mary Gordon, Laurie Colwin, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, and Ellen Gilchrist.

—— Five Novels That Showcase Queer Domesticity

Terrestrial predators like leopards and wolves maul, kill and devour their prey using sharp claws and canine teeth.

—— Camera Traps Reveal Iberian Lynxes Soaking Their Prey, a First-Ever Discovery Among Carnivores

His stories are meticulously reported and propulsively told—the kind of longread we can’t help but devour in one sitting.

—— The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Patrick Radden Keefe

As they eat and drink, and pee and pee, their body will slowly devour itself as their fat and muscle melt away.

—— 'A cure on the horizon': Are we finally close to ending type 1 diabetes?

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