devour

将“devour”想象为一只“dev”宠物（如-devil的简化版），这只宠物非常“vor”食，即voracious（贪婪的），所以它总是迫不及待地“devour”（吞噬）食物或其他东西。

devour 狼吞虎咽

de-, 强调，整个的。-vour, 吃，词源同herbivore, voracity. 即整个吃下去，狼吞虎咽。

devour (v.)

early 14c., from Old French devorer (12c.) "devour, swallow up, engulf," from Latin devorare "swallow down, accept eagerly," from de- "down" (see de-) + vorare "to swallow" (see voracity). Related: Devoured; devouring.

1. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.

最后，他们狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到处都是。

2. Larger fish devour the smaller ones.

大鱼吃小鱼.

3. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day.

中型犬每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。

4. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.

昆虫会使我们无法在这个世界上生存: 如果不是由于食虫动物的 保

5. When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.

要是有一个狼因为羸弱而倒下, 其它的狼就会把它吞吃下去.

【dine, gorge, have, swallow, eat, devour, consume】
这组词都有“吃”的意思，其区别是：
dine: 正式用词，既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐，也可以指特殊的用餐。
gorge: 侧重指拼命地吃或塞，强调吃饱或吃得过量。
have: 可与eat换用，但强调一次性的动作。
swallow: 主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分“咽”，并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。
eat: 普通用词，使用广泛。既可用于人，也可用于动物。
devour: 指狼吞虎咽地吃，强调吃得既快又彻底。
consume: 侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净，可用于人和动物。