吞食的英文：
to devour

参考例句：

A shoal of porpoises are well on the feed
一群海豚正在吞食。

The lion was ravening the prey.
那只狮子在贪婪地吞食着捕获的猎物。

A giant green sea anemone eats a red cancer crab in a tidal pool in Washington's Clallam Bay.
在华盛顿州的克拉兰湾的一个随潮汐涨落的水潭里，一只巨大的绿海葵正吞食着一只红巨蟹。

That cock got outside of an insect.(get outside of :吃,喝)
那只公鸡吞食了一条昆虫

To swallow greedily or in excessive amounts;gulp.
狼吞虎咽贪婪，大量地吞食;吞咽

By courtesy of the mourner, he endeavours to devour the nourishing odour.
承蒙哀悼者同意，他努力吞食滋养气味。

The roaring lion was ravening the prey.
那只怒吼的狮子贪婪地吞食捕获物。

Close to nightfall a dolphin took the small hook he had rebaited
黄昏之际，一条海豚吞食了他重新放上鱼饵的小钩子。

It caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle
它们在地下打洞，吞食掉本来可以牧放数百万只羊和牲口的牧草，造成了破坏。

that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously
书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。

devour是什么意思：
v. 吞食；吞没；；毁灭；全神贯注地看；凝视

The child devours fairy tales.
小孩全神贯注地看神话故事。

He devoured it, his brain reeling.
一目十行地看完，他的脑子就像腾云驾雾一般。

He devoured the new detective story.
他一口气读完那本新侦探小说。

Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you.
把自己完全变成蜂蜜，苍蝇就会吞掉你。

By courtesy of the mourner, he endeavours to devour the nourishing odour.
承蒙哀悼者同意，他努力吞食滋养气味。