| 词汇 | gobble |
| 释义 | gobble 1. noun an act of oral sex UK, 1984 2. verb 1 to perform oral sex on a man US, 1966. 2 to talk US, 1947. 3 in drag racing, to achieve very high speeds US, 1965.► gobble the goopto perform oral sex on a man US, 1918 gobble down gobble down sth • gobble sth down informal to eat something very quickly and eagerly: Today's kids gobble down bagfuls of cookies, potato chips and other junk foods. Joseph joined us for lunch, gobbled it down and rushed back to work.■ SIMILAR TO: gobble up informal, wolf down informal gobble up 1. gobble up sth • gobble sth up informal to use or take a lot of something such as land or money, especially in a way that seems unreasonable: Developers were gobbling up hundreds of acres of land to build houses. It's a very poor country - just paying its debts gobbles up 30% of its budget each year.2. gobble up sth • gobble sth up if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it: Uniford moved to gobble up its rival, Clifton Foods, in a $48 million offer.■ SIMILAR TO: take over3. gobble up sth • gobble sth up informal to eat all of something very quickly and eagerly: I thought I'd made plenty of sandwiches for the picnic, but everyone just gobbled them up. gobble downTo eat something very quickly and eagerly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "down." Now that the baby is eating solid food, she just gobbles down anything we put in front of her. gobble up1. To eat something in its entirety very quickly and eagerly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Now that the baby is eating solid food, she just gobbles up anything we put in front of her. 2. To use or deplete something quickly and in its entirety. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Developers have gobbled up all of the least expensive homes in our neighborhood, unfortunately. gobble someone or something upto eat someone or something completely and rapidly. The wolf said that he was going to gobble the little girl up. The wolf wanted to gobble up the little pig. gobble something downto eat something very fast, swallowing large chunks. The dog gobbled the meat down in seconds. The cat gobbled down the sardines. gobble something upto use up, buy up, or occupy all of something. The shoppers gobbled all the sale merchandise up in a few hours. They gobbled up everything. gobble downv. To eat something completely and in haste, especially by swallowing large amounts at a time: The family gobbled down the peach pie. I was so hungry that when they gave me food, I gobbled it down. gobble upv. To eat something completely and in haste: We gobbled up our meal and left for the theater. The babysitter grabbed the brownies and gobbled them up. |
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