Devour



GRE TOEFL

解释

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.

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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