devour是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 吞噬；吞没；毁灭；（尤指因饥饿而）狼吞虎咽地吃光

网络 吞食；吞吃；挥霍

变形：

第三人称单数：devours  现在分词：devouring  过去式：devoured  

完整释义：

v.

1.吞噬,吞没,烧灭;捕杀
2.狼吞虎咽地吃,拼命吃;吞没,吃光;舐光
3.吞灭,毁灭
4.吞食;挥霍
5.贪读;凝视;倾听
6.使(好奇心、忧虑等)被吸引住,…到极点

例句：

1. "But if you remain visible the bears will see you and devour you, " said a girlish young voice, that belonged to one of the children.
   “但是如果你仍可见的熊会看到你和烧灭你的话，”一个年轻的少女时代的声音，那是属于一个孩子。

2. The costs of these diseases can easily devour the benefits of modernization and economic growth, effectively putting a brake on development.
   这些疾病造成的代价会使现代化和经济增长成果毁于一旦，从而严重阻碍发展。

3. Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armour-plated creature.
   好奇的狮子把穿山甲像足球似的传来传去，研究了好几个小时想要吃掉这全身铠甲的动物。

4. and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.
   我也必使火在他的城邑中里起来，将他四围所有的尽行烧灭。

5. overpowered. Chased the dragon thinking that it would not turn to devour.
   制服。追龙认为这也不吃。

6. There's a sort of myth that black holes devour everything in the universe, but you actually have to get very close to fall in.
   有一些传言说黑洞将吞噬宇宙中的一切，但实际上你必须离得非常近才会真的掉进去。

7. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.
   龙就站在那将要生产的妇人面前，等她生产之后，要吞吃她的孩子。

8. It came toward us slowly and patiently, like some enormous, cunning, and murderous beast, ready to devour, impossible to escape.
   它犹如一头庞大的、狡诈的、杀气腾腾的猛兽，极有耐心地缓缓进逼过来，张开血盆大口，要把我们吞下去，难以幸免。