| 单词 | devour |
| 释义 | devour (once / 370 pages) v 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 FAMILYdevour: devoured, devourer, devouring, devours+/devourer: devourers/devouring: devouringly USAGE EXAMPLESI 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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