devour
英 [d?'va??]
美[d?'va??]
- vt. 吞食；毀滅；凝視
GRE低頻詞CET6+TEM4IELTSTOEFLCET6常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?devours;過去式:?devoured;過去分詞:?devoured;現在分詞:?devouring;
中文詞源
devour 狼吞虎咽
de-, 強調，整個的。-vour, 吃，詞源同herbivore, voracity. 即整個吃下去，狼吞虎咽。
英文詞源
- devour (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French devorer (12c.) "devour, swallow up, engulf," from Latin devorare "swallow down, accept eagerly," from de- "down" (see de-) + vorare "to swallow" (see voracity). Related: Devoured; devouring.
雙語例句
- 1. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.
- 最后，他們狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到處都是。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Larger fish devour the smaller ones.
- 大魚吃小魚.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. 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糧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.
- 昆蟲會使我們無法在這個世界上生存: 如果不是由于食蟲動物的 保
來自《用法詞典》
- 5. When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.
- 要是有一個狼因為羸弱而倒下, 其它的狼就會把它吞吃下去.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹