devour
吞食
definition
verb
he devoured half of his burger in one bite
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
translation of 'devour'
verb
噬,
吞食
example
She needed only to get a few yards out before being able to see the flames hungrily 'devour' her house.
Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they 'devour' the torn pieces of his wedding photograph.
I'll hop in, 'devour' a couple of Penguin classics, and emerge further up the road as the most learned freeloader in Argyll.
A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly 'devour' Old Tehri town.
The wasp larvae that hatch out 'devour' their prey from the inside out, killing the egg or caterpillar in the process.
Perhaps it's best if I just do things at my own pace - after all, even though I don't read so many books these days, I probably 'devour' more words each day than I ever have before.
A snake has to shed its skin; a snake has to 'devour' its prey.
Remember the population bomb, the fertility explosion set to 'devour' the world's food and suck up or pollute all its air and water?
Predators, such as ladybugs and assassin bugs, 'devour' their prey.
In New Zealand they weigh in at less than half a pound but can 'devour' any prey as large as they are and eat eggs two-and-a-half inches long.
She had been watching Hawthorne 'devour' an old Golf Digest Magazine while on a long bus ride.
Leaning over, she scatters the remains of the card into the fireplace, watching the flames 'devour' it and leave behind only ashes.
And why do these kids always arrive at 5pm and ready to 'devour' any food in sight?
To think that she used to 'devour' junk food at a whim.
In fairness, I was caught up in this book and wanted to 'devour' it as if I hadn't had anything to read but comic books for a year.
I used to 'devour' my copies of Swimming World and read about how my competitors were doing, so when I got to the meet, I knew exactly what to expect from them.
I enjoyed the episodic structure, bringing back memories of the compilation books comprised of the classic strips that I used to 'devour' as a child.
Journalism had taken form, and the public eagerly 'devoured' newspaper accounts of war, foreign and domestic.
People who in other countries would read light novels and popular magazines 'devoured' works on art, science, history, and above all philosophy.
The semi-annual issuance of the INFORMANT was eagerly awaited, and serious players literally 'devoured' its contents from cover to cover.
Here the story picks up as the tormented 'devourer' of souls tries to escape his captor, the omnipresent octopus-like Elder God.
His literate sense of the handgun equates to a read you will find yourself 'devouring' as you would a fine steak at a world-class eatery.
What I didn't know was then as each one ran out, Matt was chucking them onto the roaring bonfire to be 'devoured' by the flames.
Finally, after four days of movement, Buck grows tired of the chase and drags the moose to the ground, finishing him off and 'devouring' his meat hungrily.
The means to destroy the 'devourer' of the worlds was now literally in our hands, and all we needed to do was wield it properly.
Flames roared as they 'devoured' the city and all of the people living within it.
With the power out, the only light in the subbasements was cast by the spear points of flame, 'devouring' overturned cars and office debris.
Months in the planning, the Gin Flat fire behaved beautifully, 'devouring' a thick carpet of needles and big swaths of brush.
The fire crackled as it 'devoured' the leaves and wood.
It creeps in gradually enveloping the earth, 'devouring' the last traces of the struggling dusk.
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