devour

• vt. 吞食；毀滅；凝視

de-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)，整個(gè)的。-vour, 吃，詞源同herbivore, voracity. 即整個(gè)吃下去，狼吞虎咽。

devour (v.)

early 14c., from Old French devorer (12c.) "devour, swallow up, engulf," from Latin devorare "swallow down, accept eagerly," from de- "down" (see de-) + vorare "to swallow" (see voracity). Related: Devoured; devouring.

1. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.

最后，他們狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到處都是。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Larger fish devour the smaller ones.

大魚吃小魚.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day.

中型犬每天至少要吃掉一罐狗糧。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.

昆蟲會(huì)使我們無法在這個(gè)世界上生存: 如果不是由于食蟲動(dòng)物的 保

來自《用法詞典》

5. When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.

要是有一個(gè)狼因?yàn)橘醵瓜? 其它的狼就會(huì)把它吞吃下去.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹