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

• I devoured my bread and drank my coffee, but I should have been glad of as much more-I was still hungry.
  我狼吞虎咽地吃下了面包，喝下了咖啡，可是如果再来这么一份，我还是很高兴&我还饿。
• I literally devoured the food down.
  我狼吞虎咽的吃完所有食物。
• The hungry boy devoured his dinner.
  饥饿的男孩将饭狼吞虎咽地吃了下去。
• Anthony devoured half his burger in one bite.
  安东尼一口吃掉了半个汉堡包。
• But in the end this huge donkey was devoured by the small tiger.
  但到后来，大驴子还是被小老虎吃掉了。
• The dog, he adds, was dragged into the cave, where it was devoured by hyenas.
  那只狗被鬣狗拖进到洞中，然后被吞食了，他补充道。
• He devoured everything he could lay his hands on; books, magazines and newspapers.
  无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，他都看得津津有味。
• He devoured Alice with his eyes.
  他用双眼贪婪地看著爱丽丝。
• She devoured half an apple pie.
  她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
• Flames quickly devoured the building.
  火焰很快吞噬了建筑。