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。
• The icy wind is deliberately devouring the vague night.
  冰冷的风肆意的吞噬着这蒙胧的夜。
• It's tearing me apart, devouring me, destroying me.
  它在撕裂我，吞噬我，毁灭我！
• And by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.
  它们在地下打洞，吃掉本可以饲养数百万头牛羊的牧草。
• The hungry boy was devouring his dinner.
  那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
• Are you devouring the deliciousness of diversity, so that you can know more of your self and what you want?
  你是否侵吞了美味的多样性，这样你就可以知道更多你的自我与你想要的？
• 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。
• His eye seemed to burn with a devouring fire.
  他的眼睛里似乎燃烧着一种毁灭一切的火焰。
• 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。
• Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
  像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对***怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。