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单词 drool
释义 drool
I. \ˈdrül\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of drivel
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to secrete saliva in anticipation of food : water at the mouth
  < three hungry men … drooled at the thought of fresh chops — G.G.Carter >
 b. : to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth : slaver
  < most babies begin to drool at about four months — Louise Zabriskie >
2. : to make a profuse display of pleasure or delight : show enthusiasm
 < a work for the ages, one that nature-lovers have drooled over since 1925 — Alfred Stefferud >
3. : to talk nonsense : speak in a pointless manner : drivel
 < I won't keep on drooling on this same old subject — E.A.Robinson >
especially : to fill up allotted time on a radio or television program with improvised and trivial talk or activity
transitive verb
1. : to let (saliva or some other substance) flow from the mouth
 < drooled his food and displayed other senile traits >
2. : to utter or phrase unctuously or sentimentally
 < political candidates drooling reform measures and promises of a Utopian way of life >
: perform with cloying sentimentality
 < every movie pianist drooled out its saccharine phrases — Irving Lowens >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : saliva flowing from the mouth
2. : nonsense, drivel
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