单词 | devour |
释义 | devour[di'vauə]vt. 吞食, 挥霍, 吞没 devour de.vour AHD: [d¹-vour“] D.J. [d!6va&*]K.K. [d!6va&r]v.tr.(及物动词) de.voured,de.vour.ing,de.vours 1. To eat up greedily.See Synonyms at eat 狼吞虎咽地吃参见 eat2. To destroy, consume, or waste:吞没:毁灭、消耗或浪费:Flames devoured the structure in minutes.几分钟内大火吞噬了整个建筑物3. To take in eagerly:贪婪:急切地投入:devour a novel.贪婪地读一本小说4. To prey upon voraciously:贪婪地掠夺:was devoured by jealousy.被嫉妒毁灭语源:1. Middle English devouren 中古英语 devouren 2. from Old French devourer 源自 古法语 devourer 3. from Latin d¶vor³re 源自 拉丁语 d¶vor³re 4. d¶- [de-] d¶- [前缀,表“去除”] 5. vor³re [to swallow] vor³re [咽] 继承用法:devour“er n.(名词)devour“ingly adv.(副词) |
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