consume
英 [k?n'sju?m]
美[k?n's?m]
- vt. 消耗，消費(fèi)；使…著迷；揮霍
- vi. 耗盡，毀滅；耗盡生命
英英釋意
- 1. eat immoderately;
- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- 2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly;
- "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
- "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
- 3. spend extravagantly;
- "waste not, want not"
- 4. destroy completely;
- "The fire consumed the building"
- 5. use up (resources or materials);
- "this car consumes a lot of gas"
- "We exhausted our savings"
- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
- 6. engage fully;
- "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"