Word · Frequency #9824
devours
吞食；狼吞虎咽地吃
devours is the third person singular of devour.
核心释义
to eat something quickly and greedily
- 1.
快速、贪婪、饥饿地或狼吞虎咽地吃。
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- 2.
迅速破坏、吞没或摧毁。
To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
- 3.
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.
- 4.
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.
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。
用法In use
He devoured the entire pizza in just five minutes.
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.
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.
用法提示：devour 表示火焰完全烧毁，吞没。
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。
be devoured by sth
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- devour food
- 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。
- devour a book
- 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。
- be devoured by fire
- 被大火吞噬
- The entire forest was devoured by the wildfire.整片森林被野火吞噬了。
- devour everything in sight
- 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。
- devour voraciously
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：'devour'音似'得我'，想象怪兽把我吞食。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：eating 通常用于描述贪婪地吃东西，也可用于比喻快速消耗或享受，但本条目侧重指实际进食，属于中性偏正式的用法。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with devour (ending in /aʊə/). Note that words like 'tour' (/tʊə/) and 'pour' (/pɔː/) share the -our spelling but have different pronunciations.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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