英语词汇“consume”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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"The Freshman 15" describes freshman-year college students who gain about fifteen pounds because they consume way too much lousy dorm food all day long.

To consume a cake is to eat it, the idea being that you ate the whole thing. To say a fire consumed a building is to say that the entire building was destroyed. Consume means to devour, to take in, to use up. The Unites States is often referred to as a consumer society because our economy is based on things being consumed. Whether it's gas, clothes, burgers, music, or anything that we use up as we purchase it, it's something that we consume. If we consume all the oil, there will be none left to burn.

WORD FAMILY

consume: consumable, consumed, consumer, consumes, consuming, consumption, consumptive+/consumed: unconsumed/consumer: consumerism, consumers/consuming: consumingly/consumption: consumptions/consumptive: consumptively, consumptives/unconsumed: unconsumedly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Civil wars – most fuelled by outsiders – are consuming the Middle East.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

Mexico imports more than half of the roughly 34 million gallons a day of gasoline it consumes.

Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)

During launch, as the liquid oxygen is consumed, the helium is heated and released to maintain pressure within the tank.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

1v serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Syn|Ant|Hypo

have, ingest, take, take in

abstain, desist, refrain

choose not to consume

hit

consume to excess

cannibalise, cannibalize

eat human flesh

habituate, use

take or consume (regularly or habitually)

eat

eat a meal; take a meal

eat

take in solid food

drink, imbibe

take in liquids

booze, drink, fuddle

consume alcohol

partake, touch

consume

eat, feed

take in food; used of animals only

fill, replete, sate, satiate

fill to satisfaction

sample, taste, try, try out

take a sample of

sop up, suck in, take in, take up

take up as if with a sponge

smoke

inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

do drugs, drug

use recreational drugs

get down, swallow

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

sup

take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

take away, take out

buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

victual

take in nourishment

wash down

eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically

dine in, eat in

eat at home

dine out, eat out

eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home

dine

have supper; eat dinner

picnic

eat alfresco, in the open air

fress, gluttonise, gluttonize

eat a lot and without restraint

wolf, wolf down

eat hastily

slurp

eat noisily

swill, swill down

drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

suck

draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth

guggle, gurgle

drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

sip

drink in sips

guzzle

drink greedily or as if with great thirst

lap, lap up, lick

take up with the tongue

tank

consume excessive amounts of alcohol

port

drink port

claret

drink claret

bar hop, pub-crawl

go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk

bib, tipple

drink moderately but regularly

drink, tope

drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

break bread

have a meal, usually with company

receive

partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

fare

eat well

dig in, pitch in

eat heartily

nosh, snack

eat a snack; eat lightly

peck, peck at, pick at

eat like a bird

peck, pick up

eat by pecking at, like a bird

bolt, gobble

eat hastily without proper chewing

bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in

eat a large amount of food quickly

nibble, pick, piece

eat intermittently; take small bites of

ruminate

chew the cuds

drain the cup, drink up

drink to the last drop

mess

eat in a mess hall

board

lodge and take meals (at)

forage

wander and feed

raven

feed greedily

lunch

take the midday meal

brunch

eat a meal in the late morning

breakfast

eat an early morning meal

banquet, feast, junket

partake in a feast or banquet

suckle

suck milk from the mother's breasts

hit it up, inebriate, soak, souse

become drunk or drink excessively

wine

drink wine

dip, dunk

dip into a liquid while eating

binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

cloy, pall

cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

degust

taste with relish

devour, guttle, pig, raven

eat greedily

eat up, finish, polish off

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

devour, down, go through

eat immoderately

chain-smoke

smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one

puff, whiff

smoke and exhale strongly

inhale

draw deep into the lungs in by breathing

inject

take by injection

snort, take a hit

inhale through the nose

base, free-base

use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

drop

take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

dope

take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

gulp, quaff, swig

to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off

drink down entirely

bolt

swallow hastily

fill, fill up

eat until one is sated

carry, hold

drink alcohol without showing ill effects

browse, crop, graze, pasture, range

feed as in a meadow or pasture

2v eat immoderately

Syn|Hyper

devour, down, go through

eat

take in solid food

3v spend extravagantly

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

squander, ware, waste

dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot

spend frivolously and unwisely

luxuriate, wanton

become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

lavish, shower

expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

overspend

spend at a high rate

fling, splurge

indulge oneself

drop, expend, spend

pay out

1v use up (resources or materials)

this car consumes a lot of gas

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
occupy, take, use up

require (time or space)

run out

exhaust the supply of

drain

deplete of resources

indulge, luxuriate

enjoy to excess

burn, burn off, burn up

use up (energy)

spend

spend completely

exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire

deplete

surfeit

indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

overspend

spend more than available of (a budget)

underspend

spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

drop, expend, spend

pay out

2v destroy completely

The fire consumed the building

Hyper

destroy, ruin

destroy completely; damage irreparably

v engage fully

The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy

Hyper

absorb, engage, engross, occupy

consume all of one's attention or time

单词	consume
释义	consume (once / 81 pages) 1v 2v 3v "The Freshman 15" describes freshman-year college students who gain about fifteen pounds because they consume way too much lousy dorm food all day long. To consume a cake is to eat it, the idea being that you ate the whole thing. To say a fire consumed a building is to say that the entire building was destroyed. Consume means to devour, to take in, to use up. The Unites States is often referred to as a consumer society because our economy is based on things being consumed. Whether it's gas, clothes, burgers, music, or anything that we use up as we purchase it, it's something that we consume. If we consume all the oil, there will be none left to burn. WORD FAMILY consume: consumable, consumed, consumer, consumes, consuming, consumption, consumptive+/consumed: unconsumed/consumer: consumerism, consumers/consuming: consumingly/consumption: consumptions/consumptive: consumptively, consumptives/unconsumed: unconsumedly USAGE EXAMPLES Civil wars – most fuelled by outsiders – are consuming the Middle East. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Mexico imports more than half of the roughly 34 million gallons a day of gasoline it consumes. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) During launch, as the liquid oxygen is consumed, the helium is heated and released to maintain pressure within the tank. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v serve oneself to, or consume regularly Syn\|Ant\|Hypo have, ingest, take, take in abstain, desist, refrain choose not to consume hit consume to excess cannibalise, cannibalize eat human flesh habituate, use take or consume (regularly or habitually) eat eat a meal; take a meal eat take in solid food drink, imbibe take in liquids booze, drink, fuddle consume alcohol partake, touch consume eat, feed take in food; used of animals only fill, replete, sate, satiate fill to satisfaction sample, taste, try, try out take a sample of sop up, suck in, take in, take up take up as if with a sponge smoke inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes do drugs, drug use recreational drugs get down, swallow pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking sup take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon take away, take out buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food victual take in nourishment wash down eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically dine in, eat in eat at home dine out, eat out eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home dine have supper; eat dinner picnic eat alfresco, in the open air fress, gluttonise, gluttonize eat a lot and without restraint wolf, wolf down eat hastily slurp eat noisily swill, swill down drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) suck draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth guggle, gurgle drink from a flask with a gurgling sound sip drink in sips guzzle drink greedily or as if with great thirst lap, lap up, lick take up with the tongue tank consume excessive amounts of alcohol port drink port claret drink claret bar hop, pub-crawl go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk bib, tipple drink moderately but regularly drink, tope drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic break bread have a meal, usually with company receive partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament fare eat well dig in, pitch in eat heartily nosh, snack eat a snack; eat lightly peck, peck at, pick at eat like a bird peck, pick up eat by pecking at, like a bird bolt, gobble eat hastily without proper chewing bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in eat a large amount of food quickly nibble, pick, piece eat intermittently; take small bites of ruminate chew the cuds drain the cup, drink up drink to the last drop mess eat in a mess hall board lodge and take meals (at) forage wander and feed raven feed greedily lunch take the midday meal brunch eat a meal in the late morning breakfast eat an early morning meal banquet, feast, junket partake in a feast or banquet suckle suck milk from the mother's breasts hit it up, inebriate, soak, souse become drunk or drink excessively wine drink wine dip, dunk dip into a liquid while eating binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself cloy, pall cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing degust taste with relish devour, guttle, pig, raven eat greedily eat up, finish, polish off finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table devour, down, go through eat immoderately chain-smoke smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one puff, whiff smoke and exhale strongly inhale draw deep into the lungs in by breathing inject take by injection snort, take a hit inhale through the nose base, free-base use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes drop take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth dope take drugs to improve one's athletic performance gulp, quaff, swig to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off drink down entirely bolt swallow hastily fill, fill up eat until one is sated carry, hold drink alcohol without showing ill effects browse, crop, graze, pasture, range feed as in a meadow or pasture 2v eat immoderately Syn\|Hyper devour, down, go through eat take in solid food 3v spend extravagantly Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper squander, ware, waste dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot spend frivolously and unwisely luxuriate, wanton become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously lavish, shower expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns overspend spend at a high rate fling, splurge indulge oneself drop, expend, spend pay out 2 1v use up (resources or materials) this car consumes a lot of gas Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out occupy, take, use up require (time or space) run out exhaust the supply of drain deplete of resources indulge, luxuriate enjoy to excess burn, burn off, burn up use up (energy) spend spend completely exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire deplete surfeit indulge (one's appetite) to satiety overspend spend more than available of (a budget) underspend spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) drop, expend, spend pay out 2v destroy completely The fire consumed the building Hyper destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 3 v engage fully The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy Hyper absorb, engage, engross, occupy consume all of one's attention or time
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