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

Examples

• 狮子很快就吞噬了猎物。
  Shī zi hěn kuài jiù tūn shì le liè wù.
  The lion quickly devoured its prey.
• 大火吞噬了整个森林。
  Dà huǒ tūn shì le zhěng gè sēn lín.
  The great fire engulfed the entire forest.
• 孤独感几乎要吞噬他的内心。
  Gū dú gǎn jī hū yào tūn shì tā de nèi xīn.
  A sense of loneliness almost swallowed his heart.