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基本双解英英辨析搭配近义反义句型例句例句
v.吞食⁶⁷;毁灭²⁸;贪婪地阅读⁵原型devour的三单副词devouringly名词devourer过去分词devoured现在分词devouring三单devours
v.动词
vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃光eat quickly and completely vt. 津津有味地看；如饥似渴地读read or look at sth with great interest and enthusiasm vt. 吞没；毁灭destroy
Verb:
destroy completely;Fire had devoured our home enjoy avidly;She devoured his novels eat immoderately;Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal eat greedily;he devoured three sandwiches
v.动词
devour, consume, eat, ingest, swallow这几个词的共同意思是“吃”。其区别在于:eat最常用,指放入口中经过咀嚼再吞咽下去的过程,对人或物都适用,引申指缓慢地逐渐腐蚀或消磨过程; consume指吃完全部食物或喝光所有饮料,引申指消耗光所有的物质、金钱等; devour强调狼吞虎咽地吃,引申指吞灭或毁灭; ingest是生理学用语,指咽下或吸收的过程; swallow指不经过充分咀嚼就囫囵吞入肚中,强调匆忙。例如: The termites have eaten deep into the wood.白蚁已经把木头蛀得很深了。
The fire soon consumed the wooden building.大火不久就烧毁了这座木头建筑物。
He was devoured by hate.他满腔怨恨。Twelve workers have ingested radioactive substances well above the permitted maximum.12名工人摄入体内的放射性物质已大大超过最大限度。 This drug can't be swallowed; it has to be injected.这药不能吞服,只能注射。read，devour，scan，skim这些动词均有“读、阅读”之意。 read最普通用词，含义广泛。既指朗读又可指默读。 devour指贪婪地读，暗含对某些作者或作品迷恋之义。 scan指快速扫视文章等以抓其要旨或找寻某一具体信息。 skim指略读或浏览。 devour one's hearteat one's …devour the way兼程急进
近义词 eat吃pig猪wolf狼gulp吞咽ruin毁灭skim撇去scan扫描read识字down向下scoff嘲笑waste废物gorge峡谷engulf吞没use up用完obsess着迷prey牺牲者consume消耗destroy破坏swallow燕子raven大乌鸦demolish拆毁overcome战胜overwhelm打击overeat吃过量preoccupy先占gobble狼吞虎咽dispose of处理go through经历guttle狼吞虎咽
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+ ～+n./pron.The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
He devoured everything he could lay his hands on: books,magazines and newspapers.无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，他都看得津津有味。
The flames devoured the curtains.火焰吞没了帷帘。
动词94%,名词6%
用作动词He sat by the fire,devouringbeef and onions.他坐在火炉旁，狼吞虎咽地吃着牛肉和洋葱。
We watched the flamesdevourthe entire building.我们看着火苗吞噬整座大楼。
The childdevoursfairy tales.这孩子专注地听着童话故事。 David told the messenger, “ Say this to Joab: ' Don't let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it. ' Say this to encourage Joab.”
王向使者说、你告诉约押说、不要因这事愁闷、刀剑或吞灭这人、或吞灭那人、没有一定的、你只管竭力攻城、将城倾覆．可以用这话勉励约押。 bbintl
Many a rat devours the lion.
鼠多能把狮子吃。 zjjy
Astrophysicists have found that when a supermassive black hole quickly devours gas and dust, it can generate enough radiation to abort all the embryonic stars in the surrounding galaxy.
天体物理学家发现，当一个巨大的黑洞快速吞噬宇宙中的气体和尘埃时产生的辐射，足够摧毁周围星系中初期形成的星体。 yeeyan
Credit card debt devours souls.
信用卡负债能吞噬你的灵魂。 yeeyan
He eats, and while he eats he devours information about what he is eating.
他是在吃，但他吃的时候，不断咀嚼着吃的信息。 yeeyan
He often devours some insects, such as cockroaches, centipedes, earthworms.
他经常蚕食昆虫，如蟑螂、蜈蚣、蚯蚓。 blog.sina.com.cn
Nothing touches but, clutching, devours.
没有轻触，只有捕捉和吞噬。 poemlife
Politics is like the commercial marketplace where the strong devours the weak, “ he said.”
政党政治跟商业一样，玩的是弱肉强食的游戏规则。 newasiarepublic.com
Since life devours so many souls, why suppose death will spare the last one?
既然生命吞噬这么多的灵魂，为什么会想像死亡会宽恕这最后一个呢？ hidkm.com
The child devours fairy tales.
小孩贪婪地倾听神话故事。《21世纪大英汉词典》
The earth devours its dead.
这片大地吞噬它自身的逝者。 yeeyan
Time devours all things.
时间吞噬万物。 go818 |