| 单词 | gulp |
| 释义 | gulp (once / 1382 pages) vn To gulp is to loudly and quickly swallow food, drink, or air. You might gulp nervously before you stand up to make a speech. When you gulp down your breakfast so you can run and catch your bus, or gulp air upon rising to the surface of a swimming pool, you can say you take a gulp — or many gulps. The word dates from the 1300s, but its origin is somewhat uncertain. Most experts link it to the imitative Dutch gulpen, "to gush, guzzle, or swallow." WORD FAMILYgulp: gulped, gulper, gulping, gulps+/gulper: gulpers/gulping: gulpings USAGE EXAMPLESOn Thursday, I ventured back to Alabama for the first time since we returned to California before my senior year – some, gulp, 42 years ago. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Redfish are fair to good at the mouths of drains on Gulps and shrimp. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) I wince with every gulp and beg off after the sixth shot. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat Hyper mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 2v to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught The men gulped down their beers Syn|Hyper quaff, swig drink, imbibe take in liquids 3n a large and hurried swallow he finished it at a single gulp Syn|Hyper draft, draught, swig deglutition, drink, swallow the act of swallowing 4n a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing Syn|Hyper gulping inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
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