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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   devour

   • IPA[dəˈvou(ə)r]

   美式

   • v.
     eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly；(of fire or a similar force) destroy completely

   • verb: devour, 3rd person present: devours, gerund or present participle: devouring, past tense: devoured, past participle: devoured

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly he devoured half of his burger in one bite more and more green space has been devoured by new sprawling estates 同義詞 eat hungrily, eat quickly, eat greedily, eat heartily, eat up, ... 更多swallow, gobble (up/down), guzzle (down), gulp (down), bolt (down), cram down, gorge oneself on, wolf (down), feast on, consume, informalscoff (down), pack away, demolish, dispose of, make short work of, polish off, shovel down, stuff one's face with, stuff oneself with, stuff (down), pig oneself on, pig out on, sink, put away, tuck away, get outside of, gollop, shift, get one's laughing gear round, gorb, scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up), inhale, rareingurgitate
   • ▪ (of fire or a similar force) destroy completely the hungry flames devoured the old house 同義詞 destroy, consume, engulf, envelop, demolish, ... 更多lay waste, wipe out, annihilate, devastate, raze, gut, ravage, ruin, wreck
   • ▪ read quickly and eagerly she spent her evenings devouring the classics
   • ▪ be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling she was devoured by envy 同義詞 afflict, torture, plague, bedevil, trouble, ... 更多harrow, rack, consume, swallow up, engulf, swamp, overcome, overwhelm
3. • 更多解釋

   devour

   • IPA[dɪˈvaʊə]

   英式

   • v.
     eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly: he devoured half of his burger in one bite more and more green space has been devoured by new sprawling estates

   Oxford Dictionary