devoured是什么意思？

devoured

• v. 吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )，耗尽，津津有味地看，狼吞虎咽地吃光；

例句

• He devoured the food greedily. 他贪婪地吞咽着食物.
• She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马.
• They would not be devoured by this gorgon of the East. 他们不愿被这个东部的妖怪吃掉.
• She devoured half an apple pie. 她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食
  If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
  例句
  A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day... 中型犬每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。 She devoured half an apple pie. 她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
• VERB
  如饥似渴地阅读;热切地看
  If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm.
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. destroyed or wasted as if by eating;
  "forests devoured by flame""an inheritance eaten up by debt"