The hungry boy was devouring his dinner.是什么意思？

The hungry boy was devouring his dinner.

那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

hungry

adj. 饥饿的，渴望的，渴望得到，（统称）饥民，荒年的，不毛的；

例句
On the diet I would chomp my way through breakfast, even though I'm never hungry in the morning...
根据这一饮食计划，早餐时我需要大吃一顿，尽管我早上从来不饿。

boy

n. 男孩，少年，儿子，小伙子，家伙，服务员；

例句
Some parents believe a boy must learn to stand up and fight like a man.
有些父母认为男孩子必须学会像男子汉一样顶天立地，勇于抗争。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

devouring

v. 吞没( devour的现在分词 )，耗尽，津津有味地看，狼吞虎咽地吃光；

例句
She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12.
年仅 12 岁时，她就开始如饥似渴地阅读报纸。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

dinner

n. 正餐，主餐，宴会，晚餐；

例句
At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...
我父亲在餐桌上总是滔滔不绝地炫耀并吹嘘自己。