单词 | all-consuming |
释义 | > as lemmasall-consuming all-consuming adj. ΚΠ 1598 H. Petowe 2nd Pt. Hero & Leander sig. Ciii Raine vengeance downe in all consuming showers. 1654 T. Fuller Comment on Ruth 166 in 2 Serm. The Boulimee of all-consuming Time. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 20 As all-rapacious Usurers conceal Their Doomsday book, from all-consuming Heirs. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 76 Every little winged form that scarcely bends the twig has its all-consuming passion. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male v. 158 A sudden release which produces local spasms or more extensive or all-consuming convulsions. 2006 Esquire Sept. 76/2 Organic spelt, a low-gluten, high-protein wheat, became his all-consuming preoccupation. < as lemmas |
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