| 单词 | gobbling up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgobbling up The action of gobble v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Frequently (and in earliest use) in gobbling up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > an act of > hasty or greedy gobbling1592 gobble1794 bolting1869 gollop1933 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 29v To the vnmercifull deuouring and sodaine gobbling vp [It. ingluvie] of so filthie a monster. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A gobling, goulardise. a1678 A. Marvell Britannia & Raleigh in State Poems (1689) 9 When all the Gobling Interest of Mankind, By Hirelings sold to you, shall be resign'd. 1775 T. Bridges Dutchman i. ii. 9 It takes a full year to teach an Alderman to handle his Knife and Fork with Grace, especially if they have imbibed that gobbling Habit which they get when they was Church-wardens. 1828 Leicester Chron. 5 Dec. A regular periodical..gobbling of tripe. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 4/2 Christmas..was all guzzling and gobbling. 1929 Salt Lake Tribune 16 June 5/3 He saw all his broken promises, all his greedy gobblings. 1955 H. Ferns & B. Ostry Age M. King v. 138 The rapid gobbling up of small businesses by the great corporations. 2002 D. Kavanagh Lett. to U.S. President 71 ‘Great gobblings!,’ he gasped. It took me a second to realise he was referring to the oral exploits of our new friend. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 16 June 5/3 The undignified gobbling of a chewy, charred corn on the cob. < as lemmas |
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