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de·vour AHD[dĭ-vourʹ] D.J.[dɪˈvaʊə]K.K.[dɪˈvaʊr]v.tr.（及物动词）de.voured, de.vour.ing, de.vours - To eat up greedily.See Synonyms at eat 狼吞虎咽地吃 参见 eat
- To destroy, consume, or waste:吞没：毁灭、消耗或浪费：Flames devoured the structure in minutes.几分钟内大火吞噬了整个建筑物
- To take in eagerly:贪婪：急切地投入：devour a novel.贪婪地读一本小说
- To prey upon voraciously:贪婪地掠夺：was devoured by jealousy.被嫉妒毁灭
- Middle English devouren 中古英语 devouren
- from Old French devourer 源自 古法语 devourer
- from Latin dēvorāre 源自 拉丁语 dēvorāre
- dē- [de-] dē- [前缀，表“去除”]
- vorāre [to swallow] vorāre [咽]
devourʹer n.（名词）devourʹingly adv.（副词） |