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consume
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
consumes; consumed; consuming
consumes; consumed; consuming
Learner's definition of CONSUME
[+ object]
1
: to eat or drink (something)吃；喝 — sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
- The dogs consume [=eat] a bag of dog food each week.这些狗每星期吃掉一袋狗粮。
- They consumed [=drank] a lot of beer at the party.他们在聚会上喝了很多啤酒。
- He consumes [=devours] 10 novels a month.他一个月看10部小说。
2
: to use (fuel, time, resources, etc.)消耗，耗费（燃料、时间、资源等） — see also time-consuming
- The new lights consume less electricity.这些新电灯耗电量较少。
- She's making an effort to live more simply and consume less.她正努力过更加简朴低耗的生活。
- Most of our time was consumed [=taken up] by the search.我们的大部分时间都花在了搜寻上。
- The car repair consumed [=used up] his entire paycheck.维修汽车把他的全部收入都花光了。
3
: to destroy (something) with fire烧毁；毁灭
- Hundreds of books were consumed in the fire.数百本书毁于那场大火。
- Fire consumed the building.大火吞噬了那座大楼。
4
: to take all of a person's attention, energy, time, etc.使全神贯注；使着迷；充满（某种强烈情绪） — usually used as (be) consumed通常用作(be) consumed
- Work on the project has consumed his attention for many months. = Work on the project has consumed him.数月来，他一直专注于这项工程。
- The movie tells the story of a woman consumed by ambition/hatred.这部电影讲述了一个满怀野心/仇恨的女人的故事。
- He was consumed with/by jealousy.他内心充满了嫉妒。
— consuming
adjective- He has a consuming interest in politics. [=he is extremely interested in politics]他对政治有极大的兴趣。
- Her all-consuming passion was music. [=music was an interest that took all of her time and attention; music was the only thing she thought about]她痴迷于音乐。
Example Sentences
The new lights consume less electricity. She's making an effort to live more simply and consume less. Hundreds of books were consumed in the fire.
Recent Examples on the Web Many of the goods Americans consume, such as cars, televisions and prescription drugs, are imported from all corners of the world. 
Christopher Decker, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2022 Peanut butter, for example, contains all three, but some also are quite high in sugar, which keto devotees should only consume in moderation. Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022 But those who know better compare them to inland seas, for the Great Lakes are powerful and capricious, delighted to toss and consume vessels. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 28 Aug. 2022 Rangelands across the West, too, are seeing the effects of warming, particularly as drought and fire consume millions of acres annually. Daniel Cusick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Who doesn't want to watch a huge, Brobdingnagian rocket consume millions of kilograms of fuel and break the surly bonds of Earth's gravity? Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2022 Many people rely on text to speech to consume content as diverse as social media, the news, textbooks, novels and magazines. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Wilson had accidentally hatched a plan that would consume the rest of her summer. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Property owner Jesse Lassley had previously filed the notice as a large mine that would eventually consume 400 acres of hillside over 100 years of operation. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 See More
Christopher Decker, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2022 Peanut butter, for example, contains all three, but some also are quite high in sugar, which keto devotees should only consume in moderation. Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022 But those who know better compare them to inland seas, for the Great Lakes are powerful and capricious, delighted to toss and consume vessels. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 28 Aug. 2022 Rangelands across the West, too, are seeing the effects of warming, particularly as drought and fire consume millions of acres annually. Daniel Cusick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Who doesn't want to watch a huge, Brobdingnagian rocket consume millions of kilograms of fuel and break the surly bonds of Earth's gravity? Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2022 Many people rely on text to speech to consume content as diverse as social media, the news, textbooks, novels and magazines. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Wilson had accidentally hatched a plan that would consume the rest of her summer. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Property owner Jesse Lassley had previously filed the notice as a large mine that would eventually consume 400 acres of hillside over 100 years of operation. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French consumer, from Latin consumere, from com- + sumere to take up, take, from sub- up + emere to take — more at sub-, redeem
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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