devouring

英 [dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ]

v.  (尤指因饥饿而)狼吞虎咽地吃光; 津津有味地看; 如饥似渴地读; 吞没; 吞噬; 毁灭
devour的现在分词

现在分词：devouring　

COCA.39966

柯林斯词典

• VERB 狼吞虎咽地吃;吞食
  If a person or animaldevourssomething, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
  1. 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粮。
  2. She devoured half an apple pie.
     她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
• VERB 如饥似渴地阅读;热切地看
  If youdevoura book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm.
  1. She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12.
     年仅 12 岁时，她就开始如饥似渴地阅读报纸。

双语例句

• He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions.
  他坐在火炉旁，狼吞虎咽地吃着牛肉和洋葱。
• It's tearing me apart, devouring me, destroying me.
  它在撕裂我，吞噬我，毁灭我！
• The technical skills required for performing sinking to the bottom and devouring are difficult.
  “沉海底”和“吞食”表演技巧上难度较高。
• Fear ward, Desperate Prayer and Devouring Plague will remain unchanged.
  反恐惧节界，绝望祷言，吞噬瘟疫没有变化。
• If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
  你们要谨慎，若相咬相吞，只怕要彼此消灭了。
• The hungry boy was devouring his dinner.
  那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
• She loved to read, and she would lie awake late at night in her bed, devouring books.
  她爱读书，晚上，她会在床上躺到深夜，如饥似渴地贪读着书。
• She recalls. I got my glorious box and had to stop at devouring two.
  她回忆说我到盒子前努力制止自己吃两个馅饼的贪婪欲望。
• I became a fiction gourmand, so to speak, devouring so many novels and short stories particularly when I was much younger.
  我成了一个虚构的美食家，可以这么说，吞食许多小说，尤其是当我年轻得多的短篇小说。
• He saw her devouring one with relish, looking carefully at his movements all the while.
  他看见她正香甜地吃着，注视着他的动作。