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

• 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。
• He frets over the kudzu that is devouring abandoned buildings.
  他为占据了废弃建筑的野葛而烦恼不已。
• Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
  我们中间谁能与吞灭的火同住。
• 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。
• 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。
• She died protecting her child, not devouring it.
  她死时在保护孩子不是残害孩子。
• Factors affecting the drug craving of physically dried-out drug addicts avid for adventure; an avid ambition to succeed; fierce devouring affection; the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity; greedy for fame.
  生理脱毒者药物渴求的影响因素和特点渴望冒险；对成功的贪婪野心；热烈、贪婪的爱情；贪婪的眼睛和渴望的求知欲；贪名逐利。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。