Devour
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vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃光;吞沒，毀滅;全神貫注地看;
?? 詞根助記
de下去+vour=vor吃→吞吃下去 → 狼吞虎咽地吃,拼命吃
?? 例句
I tried to devour my repentance and disgust in secret.
我竭力暗自吞咽我的后悔和憎恨。
He devoured the novel he had bought.
他貪婪地閱讀那本買來的小說。
North African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs.
非洲北部獴；古代曾被認為吞吃鱷魚蛋。
He was devoured by guilt.
他深感內(nèi)疚。
The flames soon devoured the entire building.
大火不久便吞噬了整幢建筑。
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】※ devour-狼吞虎咽地吃,savour-品嘗:狼吞虎咽地吃就不叫品嘗了
※ de-拼音“德”,v-“勝利”的象征,our-我們的:如果讓德國軍隊勝利了,那我們的家園就會被毀滅
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?? 反義詞
?? 牛津釋義
devour
v
1 [Tn]
(a) eat (sth) hungrily or greedily 貪婪地吃（某物）; 吞食（某物）
devour the food ravenously 狼吞虎咽地吃東西.
(b) (fig 比喻) look at (sb/sth) avidly 貪婪地、 全神貫注地看（某人[某事物]）
She devoured the new detective story. 她如饑似渴地讀那本新偵探小說.
He devoured her with his eyes, ie looked at her lustfully. 他用色迷迷的目光盯著她.
(c) (fig 比喻) destroy (sth) 毀滅, 吞噬（某事物）
Fire devoured a huge area of forest. 大火吞噬了大片森林.
2 (idm 習語) be devoured by sth be filled with (curiosity, anxiety, etc) 心中充滿了（好奇、 憂慮等）.
?? 擴展釋義
*[di'vau?]vt. 吞食, 揮霍, 吞沒
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You and Mommy used to take me on the ferryboat.
你和媽媽常帶我坐渡船。
What do you think about it?
你對此怎么看？
No, I'm not.
不，我不是。