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devour

英 [dɪ'vaʊə(r)] 美 [dɪ'vaʊr]

释义

v.
吞噬;吞没;毁灭;(尤指因饥饿而)狼吞虎咽地吃光
网络
吞食;吞吃;挥霍
展开详细释义

v.

1.吞噬,吞没,烧灭;捕杀

2.狼吞虎咽地吃,拼命吃;吞没,吃光;舐光

3.吞灭,毁灭

4.吞食;挥霍

5.贪读;凝视;倾听

6.使(好奇心、忧虑等)被吸引住,…到极点

词形变化

第三人称单数:devours 现在分词:devouring 过去式:devoured

在例句中理解 32 句

  1. ERV: Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

    新译本:我们的神来临,决不缄默无声;在他面前有火燃烧,在他四周有暴风刮起。

  2. How could I have the heart to leave my children all alone in the wood, where the wild beasts would come quickly and devour them?

    我怎么能存有把我的孩子们独自留在树林里的心思,野兽会过来很快的吃掉他们的?

  3. But after 1969, the Soviets dropped out of the race to the moon and, like a cancer, the land war in Asia began to devour the budget.

    不过,1969年之后,苏维埃退出了登月竞赛。而且就像癌症一样,亚洲的地面战争开始吞噬预算。

  4. "But if you remain visible the bears will see you and devour you, " said a girlish young voice, that belonged to one of the children.

    “但是如果你仍可见的熊会看到你和烧灭你的话,”一个年轻的少女时代的声音,那是属于一个孩子。

  5. and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

    我也必使火在他的城邑中里起来,将他四围所有的尽行烧灭。

  6. Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armour-plated creature.

    好奇的狮子把穿山甲像足球似的传来传去,研究了好几个小时想要吃掉这全身铠甲的动物。

  7. Several Komodos will track the buffalo for days, or even weeks, as it slowly weakens, before they are able to move in and devour it.

    几只科莫多龙可在水牛逃远前尾随水牛几天甚至几星期,而随着伤口逐渐恶化后吞食掉它。

  8. There's a sort of myth that black holes devour everything in the universe, but you actually have to get very close to fall in.

    有一些传言说黑洞将吞噬宇宙中的一切,但实际上你必须离得非常近才会真的掉进去。

  9. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.

    龙就站在那将要生产的妇人面前,等她生产之后,要吞吃她的孩子。

  10. It came toward us slowly and patiently, like some enormous, cunning, and murderous beast, ready to devour, impossible to escape.

    它犹如一头庞大的、狡诈的、杀气腾腾的猛兽,极有耐心地缓缓进逼过来,张开血盆大口,要把我们吞下去,难以幸免。

  11. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers.

    你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了,因为你们侵吞寡妇的家产,假意作很长的祷告,你们要受更重的刑罚

  12. Brother, I pray you, do not drink of this brook; you will be changed into a wolf, and devour me.

    哥哥,我求求你,不要喝这个小溪的水;你会变成一头狼,然后把我吞掉。

  13. The other was to set the reservation systems free to become (as the airlines see it) profit-gobbling monsters that devour their parents.

    其二使预订系统免费(如航空公司认为的)使其成为攫取利润的怪兽,正要吞噬它的衣食父母。

  14. they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

    若是我们没有受到以虫豸为食的动物的庇护,虫豸就会吞嚼掉我们所有的庄稼并杀死我们豢养的禽兽。

  15. Though the words may sting, a real friend tells the truth; though flattery has no teeth, it can devour your bones.

    真正的朋友应该说真话,不管话多么尖锐;阿谀奉承没有牙齿,却能吃掉人的骨头。

  16. they would devour all our cro and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from i ect-eating animals.

    假如没有那些以昆虫为食的动物保护我们,昆虫将吞噬我们所有的庄稼,害死我们的牛羊家畜,使我们不能生存于世。

  17. An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece.

    是一支奴隶大军,庞大得超乎想象准备要吞噬渺小的希腊

  18. The monster was blown up on the stage and burst out of a cupboard, to devour the main character.

    充气后,这个巨型阴道从舞台上的柜子中突然迸发出来,最后吞噬主角。

  19. and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

    犹大多造坚固城,我却要降火焚烧他的城邑,烧灭其中的宫殿。

  20. in a dramatic two - page spread , hitherto forbidden information about the clone wars was laid out for comic readers to devour.

    横贯两页的激动人心的图画,向读者揭示了在此之前一直封禁的克隆战争的情况。

  21. Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

    要寻求耶和华,就必存活,免得他在约瑟家像火发出,在伯特利焚烧,无人扑灭。

  22. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood.

    他们开始对鸟类、兽类、爬行动物、鱼犯罪,开始吃彼此的肉,还喝血。

  23. All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

    众民也热如火炉,烧灭他们的官长。他们的君王都仆倒而死;他们中间无一人求告我。

  24. The costs of these diseases can easily devour the benefits of modernization and economic growth, effectively putting a brake on development.

    这些疾病造成的代价会使现代化和经济增长成果毁于一旦,从而严重阻碍发展。

  25. Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

    他们侵吞寡妇的家产,假意作很长的祷告。这些人要受更重的刑罚。

  26. overpowered. Chased the dragon thinking that it would not turn to devour.

    制服。追龙认为这也不吃。

  27. I can't explain it, but I have to try. If you evaporate, the seas will rise till they devour the sky.

    我无法解释,但是我不得不尝试。如果你蒸发消失了,那么海水将会上涨,直至吞噬天空

  28. But if ye bite and devour one another , take heed that ye be not consumed one of another .

    你们要谨慎。若相咬相吞,只怕要彼此消灭了。

  29. Kids will spell out yummy as they devour this fat-free treat. Packed with nutrients and antioxidants, gummy letters are a healthy choice.

    孩子们在大嚼特嚼这种无糖橡皮糖时一定会大呼好吃的。这种橡皮糖富含抗氧化物质,字母形状的橡皮糖是个很好的健康选择。

  30. They will swoop down on to the fields which men have cultivated and devour every kind of harvest.

    它们会突然下降到人耕耘的田野上,吞吃每一种的收成。

  31. Her body had been almost entirely devoured by the disease.

    她的身体几乎完全被疾病摧毁。

  32. The boys devoured their pancakes.

    男孩子们狼吞虎咽地把薄煎饼吃了。

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