狼吞虎咽

láng tūn hǔ yàn

HSK 7–9

Meaning

形容吃东西又猛又急的样子。

To eat voraciously; to wolf down food.

常用于描述某人吃东西时非常急促、大口吞咽的状态，通常带有贬义或戏谑意味。

Used to describe someone eating very quickly and greedily, often with a negative or humorous connotation.

1 他饿极了，狼吞虎咽地吃完了整碗面。 (He was so hungry that he wolfed down the entire bowl of noodles.)
2 吃饭时不要狼吞虎咽，要细嚼慢咽。 (Don't wolf down your food when eating; chew slowly and carefully.)
3 看到美食，他立刻狼吞虎咽起来。 (Seeing the delicious food, he immediately began to wolf it down.)
4 孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃完午餐，然后跑出去玩了。 (The children wolfed down their lunch and then ran out to play.)
5 他狼吞虎咽的样子好像几天没吃饭了。 (His voracious eating made it look like he hadn't eaten for days.)
6 在宴会上，他狼吞虎咽地吃个不停，完全不顾形象。 (At the banquet, he kept wolfing down food without caring about his image.)

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