v. 吞食；毁灭（devour 的过去分词）
1.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。
2.She was devoured by guilt.
她深感内疚。
3.They fell on the stranger and devoured him.
他们扑向陌生人，狼吞虎咽的把他吞噬。
4.If the wild beasts in the forest had but devoured us, we should at any rate have died together.
如果当时森林里的野兽把我们吃了，我们总还能死在一起。
5.The flames devoured the museum.
火焰吞没了那座博物馆。
6.His heart was then devoured by the tribal chiefs.
对方的部落首领吃下了他的心脏。
7.The goat turned about and devoured the herbs Heidi held in her hand.
这只山羊转过身来，把海蒂手里的嫩草都吃光了。
8.The tiger devoured its prey.
老虎吞食了捕获到的动物。