devour

devour

英 [dɪ'vaʊə]
　　美 [dɪ'vaʊɚ]

vt. 吞食；毀滅；凝視

中文詞源：

devour 狼吞虎咽

de-, 強調，整個的。-vour, 吃，詞源同herbivore, voracity. 即整個吃下去，狼吞虎咽。

例句：

1. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.
最後，他們狼吞虎咽地吃起瞭水果，果汁滴得到處都是。

2. Larger fish devour the smaller ones.
大魚吃小魚.

3. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day.
中型犬每天至少要吃掉一罐狗糧。

4. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.
昆蟲會使我們無法在這個世界上生存: 如果不是由於食蟲動物的 保

5. When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.
要是有一個狼因為羸弱而倒下, 其它的狼就會把它吞吃下去.