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devourer

/dih-vou-uhr, -vou-er/US // dɪˈvaʊ ər, -ˈvaʊ ər //UK // (dɪˈvaʊə) //

吞噬者,吞食者,吞吃者,噬人者

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
    • : to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum.
    • : to engulf or swallow up.
    • : to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud.
    • : to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by fears.

Examples

  • Although insects had devoured the original feather vanes and barbs, the shafts were still visible, wrapped around yucca fiber cords.

  • These findings suggest that most of the mercury in deep-sea critters comes from human activities, rather than being released by undersea volcanoes and hydrothermal vents, and is devoured by scavengers when they encounter newly sunk fish carcasses.

  • It means the strongest embryo in the womb devours its weaker siblings.

  • I devoured stories about others who had gone through terrible times.

  • These tendrils devour the rich proteins, like collagen, found inside the bone.

  • We believe in the tariff because it keeps the hands of the producer close to the mouth of the devourer.

  • Gluttony is a prodigal consumer and devourer of the creatures of God.

  • The devourer of human flesh is called a cannibal, but what shall we call him who feeds upon the souls of men?

  • A huge box full of novels had come down, and Miss Macnulty was a great devourer of novels.

  • While I was still smiling about the stuck-up devourer of broken glass, I ran slap into Godkin, who used to be a neighbor of ours.