It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.
描绘一只巨大蜘蛛吞食蜂鸟的画面，可能不太符合淑女形象，但令人惊讶的是，当梅里安在18世纪之交这样做的时候，没有人对此提出反对。
More recently Germany fretted that a swarm of (largely American) "locusts" was devouring its Mittelstand, the private companies behind its export success.
更近的时候德国担忧像蝗虫般涌入的外国资本(主要是美国资本)会吞噬它的私人中小型企业，正是这些中小型企业造就了德国出口的成功。
So if we want to grow to be strong like Popeye, why can't we just down some supplements instead of devouring a pile of spinach?
所以，如果我们希望长得跟大力水手一样强壮的话，为什么不吃一些营养补充品来代替吞食一堆菠菜呢？
Indeed, just landing safely on Mars has to be considered a success, since the red planet has a way of devouring space missions.
事实上，仅仅是安全地在火星表面着陆就已经算是成功了，因为这颗红色的行星经常吞噬掉太空探测器。
As you get closer, the hue becomes a wriggling mass; a giant cap of insects on every tree, devouring the tiny leaves.
当你走近时，这团色彩开始变为慢慢移动的物体；每棵树上都覆盖了厚厚一层昆虫，在吞食着嫩叶。
Manning speculated that the dinosaur collapsed in a riverbed during the late Cretaceous Period and was rapidly buried in mineral-rich wet sand, preventing bacteria from devouring all of its tissue.
曼宁推测，在晚白垩世时期，恐龙倒在河床上，并迅速埋在矿产丰富的湿砂，(这些沙)防止了细菌吞食其所有的组织。
Only last week he was in my kitchen, devouring most of a leg of lamb I had cooked for us.
就在上周，他已经出现在了我的厨房，大啃着我煮的羊腿。
But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you.
你今日当知道，耶和华你的神在你前面过去，如同烈火，要灭绝他们，将他们制伏在你面前。
SAN DIEGO—Books fly from the shelf as Superman fans the pages in a blur devouring the information at blinding speed.
在圣地亚哥，有关超人的书籍充斥着各种页面。
The nearest black hole to Earth lies about 24, 000 light-years away. A member of a binary system called V4641 Sagitarii, the black hole is slowly devouring its ordinary stellar companion.
距离地球最近的黑洞位于24000光年外，在名为V4641射手座的双星系统中，它正在缓慢吞噬自己的伴星。
Google executives have said they are certain that YouTube can be turned into a profit-generating enterprise, despite concerns that the video site is devouring the Internet group's cash reserves.
尽管有人担心YouTube这个视频网站正吞噬着Google集团的现金储备，Google公司高层却表示，他们确信YouTube可以成为旗下的一个盈利企业。
The moon was nearly hidden now by the wreaths of the rushing storm, but a little light still caught the crest of the devouring breaker.
这时，汹涌的暴风雨圈几乎全遮住了月亮，但在那吞噬一切的浪尖上仍闪烁着一线稀微的月光。
The chemist Friedrich Kekulé discovered the ring-shaped structure of benzene after dreaming of a serpent devouring its tale, for example.
例如，化学家Friedrich Kekulé梦到蛇咬住自己的尾巴后得到启发，发现了苯的环状结构。
I became a fiction gourmand, so to speak, devouring so many novels and short stories particularly when I was much younger.
我成了一个虚构的美食家，可以这么说，吞食许多小说，尤其是当我年轻得多的短篇小说。
He is insatiably devouring a table of delicious food, while we are surprised to find that the waiter is serving him with even more dishes.
他正在毫不知足地吞吃着一桌的美食，而我们惊奇地发现服务员正在上更多的菜。
Shadowform: Devouring Plague, Shadow Word: Pain, and Vampiric Touch cast in Shadowform deal increased damage percentage equal to the player's chance to get a spell crit on their target.
暗影形态：暗影形态下释放噬灵瘟疫，暗言术：痛和吸血鬼之触给予的伤害增加百分比等同于玩家释放目标法术获得的暴击率。
This ballet is attractive in a high degree for her deep literary background and critical thoughts directing at the feudalism and household devouring life.
这部芭蕾舞剧之所以颇具吸引力，在很大程度上是因为她深刻的文学背景，以及直指吞噬鲜活生命的封建制度及家庭的批判思想。
The moon was nearly hidden now by the wreaths of the rushing storm, but a little light still caught the crest of the devouring breaker .
这时，汹涌的暴风雨圈几乎全遮住了月亮，但在那吞噬一切的浪尖上仍闪烁著一线稀微的月光。
I think there are many persons who look upon this new birth of our times as a sort of monster rising out of the sea of modern thought with the purpose of devouring the Andromeda of art.
我想，现在有许多人都认为这个当代的新生事物出自现代思潮的洪水猛兽，它想要吞噬艺术之神安德洛墨达。于是，一位珀修斯就会时不时出现。
When you bite into a loaf of bread, you're devouring a little, crumbly slice of history, with roots that stretch back for millennia.
每当你咬一口面包，其实也是吞下了千年面包史中的一小点酥脆块。
I think there are many persons who look upon this new birth of our times as a sort of monster rising out of the sea of modem thought with the purpose of devouring the Andromeda of art.
我想，现在有许多人都认为当代的这个新生事物是一头从现代思潮的海洋中冒出来的怪兽，它想要吞噬艺术的安德洛墨选。
A swinging Mexican fiesta goes bad when a ravenous rotten avocado crashes the party and starts devouring the guests.
墨西哥节庆时，当一个饥饿的烂鳄梨开始变坏，摧毁宴会并开始吃掉他的客人。
On the Mexican flag, for example, there is an eagle devouring ( eating up ) a snake. This image represents Mexico's mythological origins.
比如说，在墨西哥的国旗上，一只老鹰正在吞食一条蛇，这个图像就代表了墨西哥在神话中的起源；
Eyes aglow a grizzly was caught devouring a salmon in alaska's katmai national park its practiced paws and vigilant nose giving it the edge in the after-hours hunt.
在夜色中一双发亮的眼睛，一张老练的大嘴和一只警惕的鼻子很好的勾勒出灰熊在夜色中捕猎时及捕猎后的情景。
Sitting himself behind the table, the man is devouring a table of delicious food as well as several bottles of precious wine.
他独自一人坐在桌前，享受着一桌的美食和美酒。
It overran a whole continent. It caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.
于是欧洲兔子遍及整个澳洲大陆。它们掘洞挖穴，滥食牧草，造成草地的严最破坏，使数百万头牛羊无以为生。
Left alone, under those circumstances, a devouring curiosity pushed me on to make some discovery for myself.
剩下我孤零零一个人了，在这种情况下，我的好奇心油然而生，不禁想要亲自去打听些消息。
Left alone, under those circumstances, a devouring curiosity pushed me on to make some discovery for myself.
剩下我孤零零一个人了，在这种情况下，我的好奇心油然而生，不禁想要亲自去打听些消息。
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