gobbled

英 [ˈɡɒbld]

美 [ˈɡɑːbld]

v.  狼吞虎咽; 贪婪地吃; (火鸡)咯咯叫
gobble的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 贪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽
  If yougobblefood, you eat it quickly and greedily.
  1. Pete gobbled all the beef stew.
     皮特狼吞虎咽，把炖牛肉吃了个精光。
  2. Gobble downandgobble upmean the same asgobble.
     gobble down及gobble up同gobble
  3. There were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up.
     河里有吃人的危险动物。

双语例句

• He gobbled the ice cream to fast that he got a headache.
  他快速大口的吃冰淇淋，所以头痛了。
• The cakes had all been gobbled up.
  蛋糕被吃得一干二净。
• In recent years they have gobbled up shares of clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool.
  近年来，他们大量买入曼联（ManchesterUnited）、阿森纳（Arsenal）和利物浦（Liverpool）等俱乐部的股份。
• Small family business is often gobbled up by larger firm.
  小的家族企业常被大公司吞并。
• About half the children gobbled up the treat right away; the other half managed to hold out for a second marshmallow.
  约半数的孩子立马就狼吞虎咽地吃掉了棉花糖；另有半数的孩子成功地坚持等来了另一块棉花糖。
• The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
  该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• At the picnic, her children gobbled up all we had on offer.
  野餐时，她的孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃掉了我们摆出的所有食物。
• Gobbled up the few remaining tickets.
  急切地抢去了几张剩下的票。
• She gobbled her dinner down& she must have been very hungry.
  她狼吞虎咽地吃完了饭&她一定饿极了。
• It's difficult for a small firm not to be gobbled up by big business concerns.
  一个小公司很难不被大公司击败。