devour

動詞

1. 1

   吞食、狼吞虎嚥

   The children devoured three pizzas in under ten minutes.

   孩子們不到十分鐘就把三個披薩吃得精光。

2. 2

   如飢似渴地閱讀、埋頭看

   She devoured every novel the author had ever written.

   她把那位作家寫過的小說全都讀了個遍。

3. 3

   吞沒、摧毀

   Flames devoured the old warehouse in a matter of hours.

   大火在幾個小時內就吞沒了那座舊倉庫。

4. 4

   折磨、啃噬常用被動

   He was devoured by guilt after the argument with his father.

   跟父親吵架之後，他被罪惡感啃噬著。