v.消耗；吃喝；毀滅
His old car consumed much gasoline. 他的舊汽車耗油很多。
I'm sure that Chinese people consume the largest amount of rice in the world. 我敢肯定,世界上中國人吃掉的大米最多。
I saw the flames consuming the whole building. 我看見火焰吞了整噬棟建筑物。
