单词 | all-devouring |
释义 | all-devouring (once / 48440 pages) adj WORD FAMILY all-devouring USAGE EXAMPLESThe all-devouring composer was usurping the poet’s function as the mouthpiece of humanity’s primal myths. The New Yorker(Apr 11, 2016) Even the stars are slumbering, or their sparkle has been engulfed by this all-devouring darkness. Jr., Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and C...(2011) The training ground had been reclaimed from it, snatched from its all-devouring grasp, and been perfected at great expense. Gould, Nat, Fast as the Wind—A Novel(2011) adj (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating Syn omnivorous feeding on both plants and animals |
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