gobble
英 ['g?b(?)l]
美 ['ɡɑbl]
- vi. 貪食；咯咯叫
- vt. 狼吞虎咽
- n. 火雞叫聲
助記提示
Gobble:?夠飽、搞飽，吃得夠飽----貪婪地吃，吞沒。
中文詞源
gobble 狼吞虎咽來自gob, 嘴。-le, 表反復。
英文詞源
- gobble (v.1)
- "eat greedily, swallow hastily," c. 1600, probably partly echoic, partly frequentative and based on gob (n.1), via gobben "drink something greedily" (early 15c.). Related: Gobbled; gobbling.
- gobble (v.2)
- "make a turkey noise," 1670s, probably imitative, perhaps influenced by gobble (v.1) or gargle. As a noun from 1781.
雙語例句
- 1. There were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up.
- 河里有吃人的危險動物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't gobble your food like that!
- 別這么狼吞虎咽地吃東西！
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Papa would pretend to gobble, to emphasize this " excellence. "
- 爸爸假裝狼吞虎咽, 以強調它的 “ 可口. ”
來自辭典例句
- 4. This machine can gobble up work at a quite fantastic rate.
- 這臺機器能以相當驚人的速度進行工作.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Do you gobble up all the baby food?
- 你把嬰兒食品都吞到你肚子里啦?
來自電影對白