单词 | gargle |
释义 | gargle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Daily lifegarglegar‧gle1 /ˈɡɑːɡəl $ ˈɡɑːr-/ verb [intransitive]MHDto clean the inside of your mouth and throat by blowing air through water or medicine in the back of your throatgargle with Gargling with salt water may help your sore throat.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusgargle• Last year in London's Kilburn National he gargled his way through an entire set with a bad throat infection.• Her dentures grin at her, gargling water on the mantelpiece.• I closed my mouth and felt as though I had gargled with barbed wire.garglegargle2 noun1 [countable, uncountable]MH liquid that you gargle with SYN mouthwash2 → a gargleExamples from the Corpusgargle• It cried out in response; a bellowing gargle of pain and hate and recognition.• They were only shadows making stifled noises, moans, squeaks, the final desperate gargle.• The words were a faint gargle, unknowable.• A saline solution is handy as a useful eye-bath or anti-septic gargle.Origin gargle1 (1500-1600) French gargouiller, from Old French gargouille; → GARGOYLE |
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