Gobble



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 贪婪地吃, 吞没
• ［英］ v. 贪婪地吃, 吞没 ( to eat quickly and greedily)
• ［记］ 可能来自 gob ( n. 一块, 大量)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (gobbled; gobbling)

• Etymology: probably irregular from ［sup］1［/sup］gob
• Date: 1601
• 1. to swallow or eat greedily
• 2. to take eagerly ; grab — usually used with up
• 3. to read rapidly or greedily — usually used with up

II. intransitive verb (gobbled; gobbling)

• Etymology: imitative
• Date: 1680
• 1. to make the natural guttural noise of a male turkey
• 2. to make a sound resembling the gobble of a turkey
• ? gobble noun

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