Devour

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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • v. 吞食; ( 一口气) 读完
  • [英] v. 吞食 ( to eat or eat up hungrily) ; ( 一口气) 读完 ( to take in greedily with eyes, ears, or mind)
  • [记] de+vour ( 吞吃) -> 吞掉
  • [同] 同根词: voracious ( 狼吞虎咽的)
  • [例] She devoured the new book.

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French devour-, stem of devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- + vorare to devour — more at voracious
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1. to eat up greedily or ravenously <lions devouring their prey>
  • 2. to use up or destroy as if by eating <we are devouring the world's resources>
  • 3. to prey upon <devoured by guilt>
  • 4. to enjoy avidly <devours books>
  • ? devourer noun


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