gobbles

英 [ˈɡɒblz]

美 [ˈɡɑːblz]

v.  狼吞虎咽; 贪婪地吃; (火鸡)咯咯叫
gobble的第三人称单数

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

• His project just gobbles up money.
  他的计划只不过是大量化钱而己。
• He doesn't eat, he gobbles.
  他不是在吃，他是在吞。
• As it gobbles up the food it needs to grow bigger, as all babies do, until it reaches its adult size.
  它吸收着食物因为需要长的更大，就像所有的婴儿一样，知道它达到成熟的尺码。
• The rent gobbles up half his earnings.
  租金一项就占去他一半的收入。
• For one thing, there is no actual promise to sell the sewing machines. If, for example, the public gobbles up the stock, the store does not have to sell sewing machines to disappointed customers.
  因为首先，它并无出售这种缝纫机的实际承诺，例如，如果人们买完了其库存，商店无须向失望而归的顾客出售这种缝纫机。
• He doesn't eat, he simply gobbles the chicken down.
  他不是吃掉了那只鸡，而是吞下它的。