“perhaps it has devoured the Greeks and their ships,”suggested a bustling little man.“Ah, but what a fine large meal it must have had!”

“或许它吞吃了希腊人和他们的船只，”一个吵吵闹闹的小个子男人提出这种看法，“哎呀，它一定吃了一顿丰富的美餐!”

Alas, said the mouse, now I see what has happened, now it comes to light. You are a true friend. You have devoured all when you were standing godmother. First top off then half done, then-.

“天哪!”老鼠说，“我现在终于明白是怎么回事了!你可真是个好朋友!你在去当什么教母的时候，把这猪油全吃光了!先是吃了顶上一层，然后吃了一半，最后……”

Was devoured by jealousy.

被嫉妒毁灭

The flames soon devoured the entire building.

大火不久便吞噬了整幢建筑。

The fire devoured the forest.

大火烧毁了森林.

The fire devoured the forest.

大火吞没了森林.

Fire devoured a huge area of forest.

大火吞噬了大片森林。

So next morning Mick was more uneasy than ever; restless, devoured , with his hands restless in his trousers pockets. Connie had not visited him in the night...and he had not known where to find her. Coquetry!...at his moment of triumph.

第二天，蔑克显得比一向更不安:躁急着，自抑着，两只不安的手插在裤袋里，康妮在夜间没有去找他;而他又不知到哪间屋去找她。正值他在得意的时候，这种撩人的风情真好苦人呵!

Crocodiles devoured 40 passengers of a sinking boat.

鳄鱼吞食了一艘沉船的40名乘客。

The usurers have devoured his estate.

放高利贷的人已吞没他的财产。

The good mouse consented, but the cat crept behind the town walls to the church, and devoured half the pot of fat. Nothing ever seems so good as what one keeps to oneself, said she, and was quite satisfied with her day’s work.

好心的老鼠同意了。猫从城墙后面溜进教堂，一口气吃掉了半罐猪油。“什么东西也没有比吃到自己的嘴里更好，”它说，心里对这一天的收获感到很满意。

The flames devoured the entire building

火焰吞没了整栋大楼。

The flames devoured the curtains.

火焰吞没帷帘。

The hungry boy devoured his dinner.

饥饿的男孩将饭狼吞虎咽地吃了下去。

Flames devoured the structure in minutes.

几分钟内大火吞噬了整个建筑物.

He devoured all the books at home, from Inchbald’s Theatre to White’s farriery; he ransacked the neighbouring bookcases

家里的书，从英奇巴尔德的《英国戏剧集》到怀特的《马掌术》，他都要看。他翻遍了附近人家的书橱。

She was devoured with grief after the death of her son

她儿子死后，她心中充满了悲伤。

She devoured the new detective story.

她如饥似渴地读那本新侦探小说.

She devoured the new book.

她一口气地看完那本新书。

The raging sea devoured the boat.

狂涛吞没了那条小船。

The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother’s bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed and drew the curtains.

狼刚拉起门栓，那门就开了。狼二话没说就冲到奶奶的床前，把奶奶吞进了肚子。然后她穿上奶奶的衣服，戴上她的帽子，躺在床上，还拉上了帘子。

The consul took the document and carefully read it, whilst Fix observed, or rather devoured , the stranger with his eyes from a corner of the room

领事接过护，仔仔细细地看了上面的记载，这时，坐在角落里的费克斯一直在打量着，甚至可以说是死盯着这位客人。

Father Martin did not speak again while he methodically and placidly devoured a loaf of bread

马丁神父不再说话了，只顾有条不紊，不动声色地把一整只面包都吃光。

The hungry boy devoured his dinner.

那饥饿的男孩狼吞虎咽地吃完饭。

The hungry dog devoured the dish of meat.

那只饿狗把那盘肉一下子全吃光了。

The girl emptied the stiffened mould into my hand, and I devoured it ravenously

女孩把凝成块的粥倒在我的手里，我便狼吞虎咽地把粥吃掉了。

The lion devoured the deer.

狮子把鹿吞食掉了。

The lion devoured the deer.

狮子狼吞虎咽地把鹿吃了下去.

Time and war have devoured many ancient monuments.

时间和战争毁掉了许多古代石碑。

He was devoured by anxiety.

他满怀忧愁

be devoured by

心中充满(好奇心, 焦虑等)