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单词 devour
释义
devour
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When you've gone all day without eating anything, you'll probably devour your dinner, especially if it's your very favorite homemade lasagna. Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily.
The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book. If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop. The Latin root, devorare, means "to swallow down."
WORD FAMILY
devour: devoured, devourer, devouring, devours+/devourer: devourers/devouring: devouringly
USAGE EXAMPLES
I thought my own Rebel designation — a person who skips meals, then devours, Pac-Man like, everything in her path — was spot on.
New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)
They are devouring crops in six of the southern African state's 10 provinces.
BBC(Dec 28, 2016)
This year, I devoured, in one continuous night of reading, Liz Moore’s “The Unseen World,” a novel about artificial intelligence and family secrets.
The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016)
1v eat immoderately
Syn|Hyper
consume, down, go through
eat
take in solid food
2v eat greedily
he devoured three sandwiches
Syn|Hyper
guttle, pig, raven
eat
take in solid food
3v destroy completely
Fire had devoured our home
Hyper
destroy, ruin
destroy completely; damage irreparably
4v enjoy avidly
She devoured his novels
Hyper
bask, enjoy, relish, savor, savour
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
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