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

• 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。
• 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。
• She died protecting her child, not devouring it.
  她死时在保护孩子不是残害孩子。
• When we meet, you will have chocolate. I will then you devouring the chocolate.
  当我们见面时，你就会有巧克力，然后我会你将它吃个精光。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hungry boy was devouring his dinner.
  那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
• 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。