"The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
例句
用作动词 (v.)
My mother came up to me and held my hands tightly. 母亲走向前紧紧地抓住我的手。
The waves swallowed up the little boat. 波浪吞没了小船。
Flames licked up a row of buildings in a second. 大火一会儿就吞没了一排建筑物。
His spare men were soon swallowed up in the winter offensive. 他的备用军在冬季的反攻中很快被消耗掉了。
This may only take a moment, but those moments pile up and eat into time that could be spent doing other things. 做这件事可能只消片刻，但一个个片刻累积起来，便消耗掉了本可去做其他事情的时间。
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