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单词 gobble
释义 gob·ble
I. \ˈgäbəl\ verb
(gobbled ; gobbled ; gobbling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; gobbles)
Etymology: probably from gob (I) + -le (freq. suffix)
transitive verb
1. : to eat greedily or swallow hastily and noisily in large mouthfuls : gulp
 < they gobbled what was left of the breakfast — S.H.Adams >
 < turned themselves into tigers and gobbled up human beings — Newsweek >
2. : to seize or capture greedily or hastily : take eagerly : grab — usually used with up
 < permitting the three small countries to be gobbled up individually by their aggressive neighbor >
 < a bond issue was quickly gobbled up — E.O.Hauser >
3. : to read rapidly or greedily
 < many bright girls can gobble up such books — Louise S. Bechtel >
intransitive verb
: to eat greedily and hastily
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: imitative
intransitive verb
1. : to make the natural guttural noise of a turkey-cock
 < the older toms gobble and strut to attract the attention of the females >
2. : to make a sound resembling the gobble of a turkey
 < a tiny geyser gobbled — Rudyard Kipling >
transitive verb
: to utter or emit by or as if by gobbling
 < the obscenities that poured out of him were gobbled so that their point was lost — Walter Macken >
III. noun
(-s)
: a noise made by or as if by gobbling
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