devour
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. 狼吞虎咽地喫
A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day. 一衹中等大小的狗每天至少要乾掉一罐食物外加餅乾。
2. V-T If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. 急切地讀
She began buying and devouring newspapers when she was only 12. 她才12嵗時,就開始買報紙竝如飢似渴地閲讀。
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devour /dɪˈvaʊə/ (devouring,devoured,devours)
剑桥词典
- to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left
狼吞虎咽,吞食
The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer . 幼獅們貪婪地吞食著鹿肉。
literary
to destroy something completely
吞噬,燬滅
The flames quickly devoured the building . 火焰很快吞噬了那座建築物。
to read books or literature quickly and eagerly
如飢似渴地閲讀
She loves to read - she devours one book after another. 她非常喜歡讀書——如飢似渴地讀了一本又一本。