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

• Oh My God Society Is Collapsing And We Will Soon Be Devouring Each Other In The Streets Like Dogs And A Crippled One-eyed Boy Will Be King If We Don't Fix This By Next Week.
  噢，我的上帝，社会正在倒塌，我们很快就会像狗一样在街上自相残杀，如果下周前我们不能改变这一切，一位跛脚的独眼男孩就会成为国王。
• 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。
• 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。
• But if you're devouring more than your body needs, you'll need more and more exotic treats to make food interesting.
  但是，如果要你吃下的超过了身体所需，那么就要有越来越新奇的口味才能保持食物对你的兴趣。
• Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
  吞吃或渴求大量食物。
• One is acting quickly and without reflection: you have a sudden urge while you are passing by the cupcakes and immediately buy one, devouring it straight away.
  一个是不假思索迅速行动：当你走过蛋糕时突然有种冲动，于是立刻买一个并马上把它吃掉。
• Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
  像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对妓女怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。
• When the iguanas first appeared and began devouring the hibiscus, Langer was startled.
  当鬣鳞蜥第一次出现，并开始狼吞虎咽地吃芙蓉花时，兰格吓了一跳。
• 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？
• He ws already devouring detective fiction as a young child.
  他小时候就已经在如饥似渴地阅读侦探小说。