devoured
past simple and past participle ofdevour
| 单词 | devoured |
| 释义 | devoured past simple and past participle ofdevour devour verb[T] uk/dɪˈvaʊər/us/dɪˈvaʊ.ɚ/toeatsomethingeagerlyand inlargeamountsso that nothing isleft: Theyoungcubshungrilydevoured thedeer. to eat food
literary todestroysomethingcompletely: Theflamesquicklydevoured thebuilding. toreadbooksorliteraturequicklyandeagerly: Shelovestoread- she devours onebookafter another. Eating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Destroying and demolishing Reading Idiombe devoured bysomething Examplesofdevoureddevoured In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It seems that belief after belief, the critique hasdevouredeverything it could, including science and rationality. From theCambridge English Corpus Only five of them could be examined, the other 86 beingdevouredby their parents. From theCambridge English Corpus However, floral rewards appeared to be tissues of the fleshy staminate petals and pollen that were readilydevouredby the beetles. From theCambridge English Corpus From it were taken basins of what appeared to be boiled rice, which was eagerly fought for anddevoured. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, there is no clear-cut distinction between the subsystems of the grammar; the lexicon seems to havedevouredthe tripartite architecture. From theCambridge English Corpus Electronic music in particular and its corrosive tendencies, though spread and supported by remarkable composers, has ended up beingdevouredby academic immune systems. From theCambridge English Corpus He haddevouredhis master, didn't always have her before his eyes as a warning and a constraint. From theCambridge English Corpus Idevouredthose wonderful books, savoring the clinical descriptions. From theCambridge English Corpus Diana punished the unwelcome intruder by transforming him into a stag, whereupon he wasdevouredby his own pack of dogs. From theCambridge English Corpus When they moult the cast skin is not traceable either at this stage or in subsequent stages, but it is not known whether it isdevouredby the larvae themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus Tom has to watch her finish eating it after his part is alreadydevoured. From theCambridge English Corpus Simmel was aware that these objects, in their limitless growth, would be less and less integrated into the soul, as he formulated it, and more and moredevouredas commodities. From theCambridge English Corpus We were told that the bread and butter had to bedevoured, and we could deal with the matter as we liked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry is very much a jungle, and the small and weak animals often getdevoured. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, it makes me worried about the state of our democracy which is beingdevouredby bureaucracy and by misguided professional politicians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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