devour

美 [d??va?r] 　英 [d??va??(r)]

• v.吞噬；吞沒；毀滅；（尤指因饑餓而）狼吞虎咽地吃光
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)吞食；吞吃；揮霍

詞形變化

同義詞

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armour-plated creature.

好奇的獅子把穿山甲像足球似的傳來傳去，研究了好幾個小時想要吃掉這全身鎧甲的動物。

and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

我也必使火在他的城邑中里起來，將他四圍所有的盡行燒滅。

"But if you remain visible the bears will see you and devour you, " said a girlish young voice, that belonged to one of the children.

“但是如果你仍可見的熊會看到你和燒滅你的話，”一個年輕的少女時代的聲音，那是屬于一個孩子。

"Okay, " John replied. "But since it's going to be a long night, would you mind if I devour a candy bar before we start? "

“好的，”約翰回答，“可既然我們又要熬夜了，在開始之前我想先吞下一塊條形糖果你不介意吧？”

But after 1969, the Soviets dropped out of the race to the moon and, like a cancer, the land war in Asia began to devour the budget.

不過，1969年之后，蘇維埃退出了登月競賽。而且就像癌癥一樣，亞洲的地面戰(zhàn)爭開始吞噬預(yù)算。

How could I have the heart to leave my children all alone in the wood, where the wild beasts would come quickly and devour them?

我怎么能存有把我的孩子們獨自留在樹林里的心思，野獸會過來很快的吃掉他們的？

ERV: Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

新譯本：我們的神來臨，決不緘默無聲；在他面前有火燃燒，在他四周有暴風(fēng)刮起。

Several Komodos will track the buffalo for days, or even weeks, as it slowly weakens, before they are able to move in and devour it.

幾只科莫多龍可在水牛逃遠(yuǎn)前尾隨水牛幾天甚至幾星期，而隨著傷口逐漸惡化后吞食掉它。

There's a sort of myth that black holes devour everything in the universe, but you actually have to get very close to fall in.

有一些傳言說黑洞將吞噬宇宙中的一切，但實際上你必須離得非常近才會真的掉進去。

The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.

龍就站在那將要生產(chǎn)的婦人面前，等她生產(chǎn)之后，要吞吃她的孩子。

It came toward us slowly and patiently, like some enormous, cunning, and murderous beast, ready to devour, impossible to escape.

它猶如一頭龐大的、狡詐的、殺氣騰騰的猛獸，極有耐心地緩緩進逼過來，張開血盆大口，要把我們吞下去，難以幸免。

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers.

你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了，因為你們侵吞寡婦的家產(chǎn)，假意作很長的禱告，你們要受更重的刑罰

Brother, I pray you, do not drink of this brook; you will be changed into a wolf, and devour me.

哥哥，我求求你，不要喝這個小溪的水；你會變成一頭狼，然后把我吞掉。

The other was to set the reservation systems free to become (as the airlines see it) profit-gobbling monsters that devour their parents.

其二使預(yù)訂系統(tǒng)免費（如航空公司認(rèn)為的）使其成為攫取利潤的怪獸，正要吞噬它的衣食父母。

they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

若是我們沒有受到以蟲豸為食的動物的庇護，蟲豸就會吞嚼掉我們所有的莊稼并殺死我們豢養(yǎng)的禽獸。

Though the words may sting, a real friend tells the truth; though flattery has no teeth, it can devour your bones.

真正的朋友應(yīng)該說真話，不管話多么尖銳；阿諛奉承沒有牙齒，卻能吃掉人的骨頭。

they would devour all our cro and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from i ect-eating animals.

假如沒有那些以昆蟲為食的動物保護我們，昆蟲將吞噬我們所有的莊稼，害死我們的牛羊家畜，使我們不能生存于世。

An army of slaves, vast beyond imagining, ready to devour tiny Greece.

是一支奴隸大軍，龐大得超乎想象準(zhǔn)備要吞噬渺小的希臘

The monster was blown up on the stage and burst out of a cupboard, to devour the main character.

充氣后，這個巨型陰道從舞臺上的柜子中突然迸發(fā)出來，最后吞噬主角。

and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

猶大多造堅固城，我卻要降火焚燒他的城邑，燒滅其中的宮殿。

When an icy winter seizes the earth in its grip, a great wolf will devour the sun.

一旦寒冷的冬天籠罩地球，大狼將吞沒太陽。

in a dramatic two - page spread , hitherto forbidden information about the clone wars was laid out for comic readers to devour.

橫貫兩頁的激動人心的圖畫，向讀者揭示了在此之前一直封禁的克隆戰(zhàn)爭的情況。

Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

要尋求耶和華，就必存活，免得他在約瑟家像火發(fā)出，在伯特利焚燒，無人撲滅。

And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood.

他們開始對鳥類、獸類、爬行動物、魚犯罪，開始吃彼此的肉，還喝血。

All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

眾民也熱如火爐，燒滅他們的官長。他們的君王都仆倒而死；他們中間無一人求告我。

The costs of these diseases can easily devour the benefits of modernization and economic growth, effectively putting a brake on development.

這些疾病造成的代價會使現(xiàn)代化和經(jīng)濟增長成果毀于一旦，從而嚴(yán)重阻礙發(fā)展。

Let me devour the air, dissolve everything into my bloodstream, learn!

讓我滆入到空氣中，把所有的一切都溶解在我的血液中，學(xué)習(xí)！

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

他們侵吞寡婦的家產(chǎn)，假意作很長的禱告。這些人要受更重的刑罰。

overpowered. Chased the dragon thinking that it would not turn to devour.

制服。追龍認(rèn)為這也不吃。

I can't explain it, but I have to try. If you evaporate, the seas will rise till they devour the sky.

我無法解釋，但是我不得不嘗試。如果你蒸發(fā)消失了，那么海水將會上漲，直至吞噬天空

But if ye bite and devour one another , take heed that ye be not consumed one of another .

你們要謹(jǐn)慎。若相咬相吞，只怕要彼此消滅了。

Kids will spell out yummy as they devour this fat-free treat. Packed with nutrients and antioxidants, gummy letters are a healthy choice.

孩子們在大嚼特嚼這種無糖橡皮糖時一定會大呼好吃的。這種橡皮糖富含抗氧化物質(zhì)，字母形狀的橡皮糖是個很好的健康選擇。

They will swoop down on to the fields which men have cultivated and devour every kind of harvest.

它們會突然下降到人耕耘的田野上，吞吃每一種的收成。

When an icy winter seizes the earth in its grip, a great wolf will devour the sun.

一旦寒冷的冬天籠罩地球，大狼將吞沒太陽。

Perhaps Iran cannot be an exception to the rule that revolutions devour themselves.

也許伊朗并不能成為這個規(guī)則的例外——革命吞噬革命。

Cheerful, I felt the refreshing fragrance of the strikes; depressed is not music, I feel lonely come to devour unknown.

歡快的時候，我感到有沁人心脾的馨香襲來；郁悶不樂的時候，我感到無名的寂寞前來吞噬。

Ants turn up to devour the free meal; they then, in turn, fend off herbivores who are threatening the plant.

螞蟻出現(xiàn)了吞噬掉這些免費餐之后，反過來抵御那些危害植物的食草動物。

Few will expect to pick up a longish book on the topic by a non-economist and devour it almost at a sitting.

可是很少人會考慮坐下來一口氣通讀一本由非經(jīng)濟學(xué)家寫成的關(guān)于這個話題的長篇論著。

They have come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.

他們來是要吞滅土地和地上所有的，要吞滅城和城中的居民。

Will the evil doers never learn--those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God ?

作孽的沒有知識嗎？他們吞吃我的百姓如同吃飯一樣。并不求告神。

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people.

我若使天閉塞不下雨，或使蝗蟲吃這地的出產(chǎn)，或使瘟疫流行在我民中。