devour
- v. 狼吞虎咽地吃；如饥似渴地阅读，热切地看；吞噬，毁灭；充满（感情）
[ 第三人称单数 devours 现在分词 devouring 过去式 devoured 过去分词 devoured ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
devour /dɪˈvaʊə/ CET6+ TEM4 ( devouring, devoured, devours )
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V-T If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. 狼吞虎咽地吃
例：A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day.
一只中等大小的狗每天至少要干掉一罐食物外加饼干。
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V-T If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. 急切地读
例：She began buying and devouring newspapers when she was only 12.
她才12岁时，就开始买报纸并如饥似渴地阅读。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The dogs come and devour the bacon.
狗来吃掉了肉。
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A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day.
一只中等大小的狗每天至少要干掉一罐食物外加饼干。
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Brother, I pray you, do not drink of this brook; you will be changed into a wolf, and devour me.
哥哥，我求求你，不要喝这个小溪的水；你会变成一头狼，然后把我吞掉。
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Blackbirds by the thousands can descend and devour newly dropped seeds.
VOA: standard.2010.06.17
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In order to fill their own bellies, so greedy are they, they intruded into the church's fold and devour for themselves -this is how the allegory works -devour for themselves the nourishment that of course they should be sharing with their flock.
为了填满他们的欲望，他们挥霍了教会的资金,这就是讽喻的含义,在自我满足中尽情的挥霍,当然他们需要与自己的信徒共享。
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