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

• Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
  吞吃或渴求大量食物。
• His eye seemed to burn with a devouring fire.
  他的眼睛里似乎燃烧着一种毁灭一切的火焰。
• She recalls. I got my glorious box and had to stop at devouring two.
  她回忆说我到盒子前努力制止自己吃两个馅饼的贪婪欲望。
• If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
  你们要谨慎，若相咬相吞，只怕要彼此消灭了。
• 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。
• He frets over the kudzu that is devouring abandoned buildings.
  他为占据了废弃建筑的野葛而烦恼不已。
• And by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.
  它们在地下打洞，吃掉本可以饲养数百万头牛羊的牧草。
• It's tearing me apart, devouring me, destroying me.
  它在撕裂我，吞噬我，毁灭我！
• The technical skills required for performing sinking to the bottom and devouring are difficult.
  “沉海底”和“吞食”表演技巧上难度较高。
• They swarm across the forest floor, overpowering and devouring anything that can't get away.
  它们成群遍布于森林的地面击败任何对手，吃掉所有东西。