词汇图鉴devour
游泳后,我们几分钟就狼吞虎咽地吃光了热面包。
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devour

UK /dɪˈvaʊə/
US /dɪˈvaʊər/

狼吞虎咽地吃;如饥似渴地阅读;吞噬;耗尽

v. 狼吞虎咽地吃

v. 如饥似渴地阅读

v. 吞噬;耗尽

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例句

After swimming, we devoured the warm bread within minutes.

游泳后,我们几分钟就狼吞虎咽地吃光了热面包。

Large infrastructure projects can devour public funds unless spending is carefully monitored throughout construction.

大型基础设施项目可能耗费巨额公共资金,除非在整个施工过程中严格监督支出。

常用搭配

  • devour a meal|狼吞虎咽地吃饭
  • devour books|如饥似渴地读书
  • devour resources|大量消耗资源

用法提示

比eat语气强;也可比喻大量阅读或吞噬资源。