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devour [dɪ'vaʊɚ] 词频3 词根: vor
vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃光;吞没，毁灭;全神贯注地看;
💡 de下去+vour=vor吃→吞吃下去 → 狼吞虎咽地吃,拼命吃
"Larger fish devour the smaller ones."
大鱼吃小鱼.
近义：quaff, raven, wolf, engorge, guzzle 反义：puke, regorge, regurgitate, barf, rolf, spew
populace [['pɔpjuləs]] 词频5
n. 平民, 大众, 人口
近义：masses, mob, people, plebeians, plebs, proletariat 反义：nobility, elite, gentility, gentry
tickle ['tɪkl] 词频3
vt.& vi. （使）发痒;（使）愉快，逗乐;使高兴;使满足; n. 胳肢;搔痒;愉快的情绪;
"The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me."
比我高大的女孩过去总是追赶着胳肢我。
近义：titillate, humor, oblige, please, satisfy, suit
plaudits
n. 鼓掌( plaudit的复数形式 ); 喝彩; 称赞; 赞扬
近义：applause, plaudit, acclaim, acclamation, accolades, cheering
coins
n. 硬币（coin的复数）
近义：change
pays
n. 报酬（pay的复数）；（法）国家

📜 Ambrose Bierce 的更多名言

"Conservative. noun. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others."
"PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it."
"LINEN, n. 'A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp.' -- Calcraft the Hangman."
"INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests."
"RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself."
"PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution."
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🏷 更多「No category」名言

"No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves."
— Unknown
"Conformity is the ruin of the mind."
— Unknown
"To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us."
— Unknown
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
— Thomas Paine
"Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need."
— Titus Maccius Plautus
"While you're saving your face you're losing your ass."
— Unknown
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