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devour

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中文来自 ECDICT

vt.: 吞食，挥霍，吞没

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 devouren
源自 ←古法语 devorer
源自 ←拉丁语 dēvorō

原始词根

原始印欧语 *gʷerh₃-

词源说明

Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
(transitive, idiomatic) To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
(transitive, idiomatic) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
(transitive, idiomatic) To absorb

or

the mind fully, especially in a

manner.

(originally drag slang, Internet slang, intransitive) Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.

词族

派生词（8）

all-devouring undevoured devouringly devouringness devourable devourer devourment interdevour

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