释义 |
devour/diˈvaʊə/v. tr. 1 eat hungrily or greedily 吞食,狼吞虎咽地吃 2 (of fire etc.) engulf, destroy (火等)吞没;毁灭 3 take in greedily with the eyes or ears 贪婪(或热切)地读(看、瞧、听) devoured book after book 他贪婪地一本接一本地阅读 4 absorb the attention of 使专注;使沉迷 devoured by anxiety 忧愁极了 □ devourer n.□ devouringly adv.[Middle English via Old French devorer from Latin devorare (as DE-, vorare ‘swallow’)] |