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单词 devour
释义

devour/diʹvowə/ verb trans

to eat (food) greedily or ravenously

literary to consume or overwhelm (a large structure)

The house was devoured by the fire

(usu in passive) said esp of a feeling: to preoccupy or absorb (somebody)

preyed upon by a devouring curiosity to be informed of all I had seen and heard — Dickens

to read or absorb (a book, information, etc) eagerly

devourer noun
[Middle English devouren from early French devorer from Latin devorare, from de- + vorare to devour]
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