devour

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美音 /dɪˈvaʊər/英音 /dɪˈvaʊə(r)/

VERB吞噬, 吞食, 吞灭, 侵吞, 吞掉, 吃掉, 吞

NOUN挥霍

Not able to go to school, in spite of his tough 70-hour work week, Carnegie MADE time to devour as many books as possible
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'to eat, devour'
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70-hour work week, Carnegie MADE time to devour as many books as possible
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or clear leadership, Republicans face the prospect that the anti-establishment fervor that has powered the party in recent years could now devour it
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Prickles likely arose in many plants as a defense against animals that would devour them, but prickles can serve other purposes, such as for hooking onto surfaces while climbing or attaching seeds onto the fur of passing animals.
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