all-consuming

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That consumes everything; that uses everything up. not-comparable
    — Google is the all-consuming superpower on the Internet; soon everything will be owned by them.
  2. Totally engrossing, using up all of one's time and energy. not-comparable
    — Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that's been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Middle English all-
English all-
English consuming
English all-consuming
From all- + consuming.
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