devour
- IPA[dəˈvou(ə)r]
美式
- eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly；(of fire or a similar force) destroy completely
verb: devour, 3rd person present: devours, gerund or present participle: devouring, past tense: devoured, past participle: devoured
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly he devoured half of his burger in one bite more and more green space has been devoured by new sprawling estates 同義詞
- ▪ (of fire or a similar force) destroy completely the hungry flames devoured the old house 同義詞
- ▪ read quickly and eagerly she spent her evenings devouring the classics
- ▪ be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling she was devoured by envy 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[dɪˈvaʊə]
英式
- eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly: he devoured half of his burger in one bite more and more green space has been devoured by new sprawling estates
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