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devouring

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

吞噬性的,吞噬的,噬人的,吞噬

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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.

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Examples

  • Sure enough, the water spread upward, devouring salts as it went.

  • Populations across the globe today may devour Starbucks, KFC, and Coca-Cola.

  • Meanwhile, Krans devoured films like Indiana Jones and The Goonies—tales of explorers and treasure-hunters.

  • Trader Joe’sThese button-sized cookies are piled into a plastic bucket so they can be devoured by the handful.

  • The smell of “world-famous” apple pies will still be wafting across New England, and the treats are just as easily devoured at six-foot-spaced outdoor tables.

  • The critters have the propensity to devour their babies if alarmed and so require a calm environment for breeding.

  • Before he knew it, he had more animals on his hands than his snakes could devour.

  • Finally, an answer to that long-burning question: Where can we watch foodie hamsters devour gourmet miniature burritos?

  • Or, some of us (many of us), devour 14 in a row with breaks just for bathroom and answering the door for the delivery man.

  • I am more determined than ever to get into Gaza just so I can sit on the beach and devour this Bedouin feast with my hands.

  • And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.

  • And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.

  • But ask for friars, soldiers, and State dependents to come and devour our wealth, and instantly you will get them.

  • The Syrians from the east, and, the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth.

  • On land and in sea the animal creation chase and maim, and slay and devour each other.