devour sth
强调吃得又快又多。
The hungry boy devoured his dinner.
饥饿的男孩狼吞虎咽地吃完了晚餐。
吞食；狼吞虎咽地吃
devours — third person singular of devour
吞噬；吞没；毁灭；如饥似渴地阅读；热切地看；使着迷；使全神贯注；吞噬（心灵）；快速、贪婪、饥饿地或狼吞虎咽地吃。；迅速破坏、吞没或摧毁。
to eat something quickly and greedily
快速、贪婪、饥饿地或狼吞虎咽地吃。
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
迅速破坏、吞没或摧毁。
To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
用智力或目光贪婪地吸收或注视。
To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
完全吸引或占据(某人的)思想,尤指以破坏性的方式。
To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
一般现在时
She devours books quickly.
她快速吞读书籍。
一般过去时
The lion devoured its prey.
狮子吞食了它的猎物。
现在完成时
He has devoured three pizzas.
他已经吞下了三个比萨。
注意：-ed规则变化
He devoured the entire pizza in just five minutes.
他仅仅五分钟就吞下了整个披萨。
用法提示：devour 表示狼吞虎咽地吃，强调速度和贪婪。
She devours a new novel every week.
她每周都如饥似渴地读完一本新小说。
用法提示：devour 表示如饥似渴地阅读，享受其中。
The flames devoured the old wooden house.
火焰吞噬了那座旧木屋。
用法提示：devour 表示火焰完全烧毁，吞没。
强调吃得又快又多。
The hungry boy devoured his dinner.
饥饿的男孩狼吞虎咽地吃完了晚餐。
常用于被动语态，表示被彻底毁灭。
The forest was devoured by fire.
森林被大火吞噬。
较正式，强调完全消耗，不必然带贪婪
口语化，突出速度快且贪婪
与gobble类似但更强烈，常用于贬义
常指液体或食物大块吞咽，动作显著
grammar · medium
易错句子The lion made a devour of the deer.
正确表达The lion devoured the deer.
将动词 'devour' 误用作名词。'devour' 是及物动词，不能与 'make a ... of' 结构搭配。应直接使用动词形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子He devoured on the pizza.
正确表达He devoured the pizza.
在及物动词 'devour' 后误加介词 'on'。英语中 'devour' 直接带宾语，不需要介词。
狼吞虎咽地吃食物
The hungry children devoured the food in minutes.
饥饿的孩子们几分钟内就把食物狼吞虎咽地吃完了。
如饥似渴地读一本书
She devoured the novel in one sitting.
她一口气如饥似渴地读完了那本小说。
被大火吞噬
The entire forest was devoured by the wildfire.
整片森林被野火吞噬了。
把眼前的一切都吃掉
The locusts devoured everything in sight.
蝗虫把眼前的一切都吃光了。
贪婪地吞噬
He devoured voraciously, not even pausing to breathe.
他贪婪地吞食着，甚至不停下来喘口气。
几秒钟内吃掉
The cake was devoured in seconds by the party guests.
蛋糕在几秒钟内就被派对客人们吃光了。
de- (thoroughly) + vor (to eat)
vor (to eat) + -acious (tending to)
carn (flesh) + -vor (to eat) + -e
herb (grass) + -vor (to eat) + -e
与‘狼吞虎咽’相关的食欲概念
形容词，描述‘贪婪地吞食’的态度
指大量食物，与‘吞食’场景相关
动物世界中‘吞食’其他动物的角色
比喻‘贪婪地阅读’的人，对应‘如饥似渴地读书’
用眼睛吞食，贪婪地注视
He devoured her with his eyes as she walked into the room.
她走进房间时，他用贪婪的目光注视着她。
仔细聆听每一句话
The children devoured every word of the story.
孩子们仔细聆听着故事的每一个字。
如饥似渴地听某人讲话
She devoured his words, hanging on every sentence.
她如饥似渴地听他说的话，每一句都不放过。
务要谨守，警醒。因为你们的仇敌魔鬼，如同吼叫的狮子，遍地游行，寻找可吞吃的人。
The lion devoured the gazelle in seconds.
狮子几秒钟就吞食了瞪羚。
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