"devoured" in Chinese (Traditional)
狼吞虎嚥地喫吞噬
Definition
以非常快且渴望的方式喫掉某物,通常因為非常餓。也可指對某事物非常熱情地消耗,如一本書或資訊。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
比“ate”更正式或文學。既可以用來描述喫食物,也可以比喻如“devoured the novel”(如飢似渴地讀書)。常用來加強語氣。
Examples
He devoured his dinner after the game.
比賽後,他**狼吞虎嚥地喫**完了晚飯。
The hungry cat devoured the fish.
那隻餓貓**狼吞虎嚥地喫**了魚。
The children devoured the birthday cake.
孩子們**狼吞虎嚥地喫**了生日蛋糕。
She devoured the novel in just one day—it was that good.
她一天之內就**讀完了**那本小說——太精彩了。
After skipping lunch, I devoured the pizza the second it arrived.
我中午沒喫飯,披薩一到就**狼吞虎嚥地喫了**。
He was so interested, he devoured every article on the subject.
他非常感興趣,**讀遍了**關於這個主題的每一篇文章。