gobble
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gobble | |
| he / she / it gobbles | |
| past simple gobbled | |
| past participle gobbled | |
| -ing form gobbling |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to eat something very fast, in a way that people consider rude or greedy 狼吞虎咽；贪婪地吃 - gobble (something)
Don't gobble your food like that! 别那么狼吞虎咽地吃东西！ - gobble something up/down
They gobbled down all the sandwiches. 他们几口就把三明治全吃光了。 He gobbled up the last of the chocolates. 他狼吞虎咽地吃掉了最后一块巧克力。
- gobble (something)
- [intransitive]
when a turkey gobbles, it makes a noise in its throat （火鸡）咯咯叫
Word Originverb sense 1 and gobble something up. early 17th cent.: probably from gob.verb sense 2 late 17th cent.: imitative, perhaps influenced by gobble ‘eat something quickly’.