吞噬 (tūn shì) — to swallow, to gobble up (literal, e.g., eating or consuming physically); to engulf, to devour (figurative, e.g., darkness, fire, debt)
Definition
verb
to swallowto gobble up (literal, e.g., eating or consuming physically)to engulfto devour (figurative, e.g., darkness, fire, debt)
Examples
- 吞噬。Shī zi hěn kuài jiù tūn shì le liè wù.The lion quickly devoured its prey.
- 吞噬。Dà huǒ tūn shì le zhěng gè sēn lín.The great fire engulfed the entire forest.
- 吞噬。Gū dú gǎn jī hū yào tūn shì tā de nèi xīn.A sense of loneliness almost swallowed his heart.
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