英[dɪ'vaʊə(r)]美[dɪ'vaʊər]
记忆方法
词源词根法
de-，强调，整个的。-vour，吃，词源同herbivore，voracity.即整个吃下去，狼吞虎咽。de-加强意义+vour（-vor-）吞咽
verb(动词)
双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
When you've gone all day without eating anything, you'll probably devour your dinner, especially if it's your very favorite homemade lasagna. Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily.
The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book. If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop. The Latin root, devorare, means “to swallow down.”
实用短语
单词用法
同近义词
vt.吞食；毁灭；凝视；devastate，wrack and ruin
词语辨析
devour，consume，eat，ingest，swallow。这几个词的共同意思是“吃”。它们的区别在于eat最常用，指放入口中经过咀嚼再吞咽下去的过程，对人或物都适用，引申指缓慢地逐渐腐蚀或消磨过程；consume指吃完全部食物或喝光所有饮料，引申指消耗光所有的物质、金钱等；devour强调狼吞虎咽地吃，引申指吞灭或毁灭；ingest是生理学用语，指咽下或吸收的过程；swallow指不经过充分咀嚼就囫囵吞入肚中，强调匆忙。例如The termites have eaten deep into the wood.白蚁已经把木头蛀得很深了。The fire soon consumed the wooden building.大火不久就烧毁了这座木头建筑物。He was devoured by hate.他满腔怨恨。Twelve workers have ingested radioactive substances well above the permitted maximum.12名工人摄入体内的放射性物质已大大超过最大限度。This drug can't be swallowed；it has to be injected.这药不能吞服，只能注射。read，devour，scan，skim。
这些动词均有“读、阅读”的意思。read最普通用词，含义广泛。既指朗读又可指默读。devour指贪婪地读，暗含对某些作者或作品迷恋之义。scan指快速扫视文章等以抓其要旨或找寻某一具体信息。skim指略读或浏览。
同根单词
devour ndevourer吞噬者；排出管
词根词缀
词根: vor
=eat,表示”吃”
adj.
carnivorous 食肉类的carni=carn肉+vor吃+ous……的→食肉的
herbivorous 食草的herbi草+vor吃+ous……的→食草的
insectivorous 食虫的, 食虫动植物的insecti=insect昆虫+vor吃+ous……的→食昆虫的
omnivorous 杂食的;兴趣广的omni全部+vor吃+ous……的→全吃的
voracious 狼吞虎咽的,贪婪的vor吃+acious多……的→吃多的
n.
voracity 贪食,贪婪vor吃+acity特性→voracious名词
v.
devour 吞食;吞灭,毁灭de去掉+vour=vor吃→吃下去→吞吃
同义词辨析
eat, dine, have, consume, devour, gorge, swallow
这些动词均可表示”吃”之意。