consume
- IPA[kənˈsjuːm]
英式
- eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink)；(of a fire) completely destroy
verb: consume, 3rd person present: consumes, gerund or present participle: consuming, past tense: consumed, past participle: consumed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink) people consume a good deal of sugar in drinks 同義詞
- ▪ (of a fire) completely destroy the fire spread rapidly, consuming many homes 同義詞
- ▪ use up (a resource) this process consumes enormous amounts of energy 同義詞
- 2. buy (goods or services) accounting provides measures of the economic goods and services consumed
- 3. (of a feeling) completely fill the mind of (someone) Carolyn was consumed with guilt 同義詞
