devour
/dɪˈvaʊə(r)/verb
with obj.
1- eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly狼吞虎咽地吃（食物, 猎物）：
he devoured half of his burger in one bite.
他一口就吞下了半只汉堡包。
1.1
- (of fire, disease, or other forces) consume (someone or something) destructively（火, 疾病, 其他力量）吞噬, 吞没, 摧毁：
the hungry flames devoured the old house.
烈火吞噬了那座老房子。
1.2
- read (something) quickly and eagerly贪婪地快速读：
she spent her evenings devouring the classics.
她每天晚上都如饥似渴地阅读名著。
1.3
be devoured
(of a person) be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling心中充满（强烈的情感）：she was devoured by need.
她心中充满渴求。
派生词
devourer
noundevouringly
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- 'down' + vorare 'to swallow'.