| 釋義 |
devour /di'vaua(r); di'vaur/ vt [VP6A] 1 eat hungrily or greedily: 貪婪地吃; 呑 A: The hungry boy ~ed his dinner. 那饑餓的孩子狼呑虎咽地吃飯。 (fig) (喻) She ~ed the new detective story. 她一口氣看完了那本新的偵探小說。 The fire ~ed twenty square miles of forest. 那場大火呑噬了二十平方哩的森林。 2 be ~ed by (curiosity, anxiety, etc), be filled with, have all one's attention taken up by. 心中充滿 (好奇，憂慮等); 全部注意力為…所吸引。 |