v.  狼吞虎咽地吃 ≈ gobble up

v.  如饥似渴地阅读；津津有味地看

v.  耗尽，用完

v.  吞没；吞噬；毁灭

• be devoured by sth  心中充满〔强烈的情感〕

• It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.

  一只巨型蜘蛛吞食了一只蜂鸟

• The boys devoured their pancakes.

  男孩子们狼吞虎咽地把薄煎饼吃了。

• She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。

• Cindy felt devoured by jealousy.

  辛迪妒火中烧。

• Flames devoured the house.

  大火吞噬了这栋房子。

BrE /əˈbɔːt/ ; NAmE /əˈbɔːrt/