吞没( devour的第三人称单数 );耗尽;津津有味地看;狼吞虎咽地吃光;

这几个词共同的意思是“吃”。它们的区别在于:eat最常用,指放入口中经过咀嚼再吞咽下去的过程,对人或物都适用,引申指缓慢地逐渐腐蚀或消磨过程; consume指吃完全部食物或喝光所有饮料,引申指消耗光所有的物质、金钱等; devour强调狼吞虎咽地吃,引申指吞灭或毁灭; ingest是生理学用语,指咽下或吸收的过程; swallow指不经过充分咀嚼就囫囵吞入肚中,强调匆忙。例如:
The termites have eaten deep into the wood.白蚁已经把木头蛀得很深了。
The fire soon consumed the wooden building.大火不久就烧毁了这座木头建筑物。
He was devoured by hate.他满腔怨恨。
Twelve workers have ingested radioactive substances well above the permitted maximum.12名工人摄入体内的放射性物质已大大超过最大限度。
This drug can't be swallowed; it has to be injected.这药不能吞服,只能注射。
这些动词均有“读、阅读”之意。
read最普通用词,含义广泛。既指朗读又可指默读。
devour指贪婪地读,暗含对某些作者或作品迷恋之义。
scan指快速扫视文章等以抓其要旨或找寻某一具体信息。
skim指略读或浏览。
in the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.
智慧人家中积蓄宝物膏油;愚昧人随得来随吞下。
来源:互联网摘选就像冲洗高山的雨滴,吞噬猛虎的蚂蚁,照亮大地的星辰,建起金字塔的奴隶。
来源:互联网摘选It is not surprising that each whale devours more than one ton of krill daily.
每只鲸鱼一天吞吃一吨多磷虾,这不足为奇.
来源:互联网摘选It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.
他本身的肢体要被吞吃, 死亡的长子要吞吃他的肢体.
来源:网络文摘精选A worthless witness mocks at justice and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
匪徒作见证戏笑公平,恶人的口吞下罪孽.
来源:互联网摘选诗50:3我们的神要来、不闭口.烈火在他面前吞灭、暴风在他四围大刮。
来源:互联网摘选He often devours some insects, such as cockroaches, centipedes, earthworms.
他经常蚕食昆虫, 如蟑螂 、 蜈蚣 、 蚯蚓.
来源:互联网摘选If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.
若有人想要害他们, 就有火从他们口中出来,烧灭仇敌.
来源:词典精选例句For it is a fire that devours to Abaddon And would root up all my increase.
12这本是焚烧直到毁灭的火,必连根拔除我所有的出产.
来源:互联网摘选饺子刚上桌,他便迫不及待了,一个个饱满熟香的饺子在他的嘴里瞬间“香消玉殒”。
来源:互联网摘选the raging flame devours the cityscape, transforming it into a terrifying ocean of fire.
肆虐的火焰吞噬了城市景观,将其转变为一片骇人的火之汪洋。
来源:词典精选例句a larva of several tortricid moths, especially the spruce budworm, that devours plant buds.
一些卷叶蛾的幼虫,尤指云杉芽虫,吞食植物的幼芽。
来源:互联网摘选His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
伯18:13他本身的肢体要被吞吃 、 死亡的长子要吞吃他的肢体.
来源:网络文摘精选vanity devours you, showing no concern for others or even your own precious image.
虚荣吞噬了你,对他人漠不关心,甚至不在乎自己珍贵的形象。
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