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

• Fear ward, Desperate Prayer and Devouring Plague will remain unchanged.
  反恐惧节界，绝望祷言，吞噬瘟疫没有变化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions.
  他坐在火炉旁，狼吞虎咽地吃着牛肉和洋葱。