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单词 gobble
释义
gobble
(gɒbəl )
Word forms: gobbles , gobbling , gobbled
verb
If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily.
Pete gobbled all the stew. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: devour, swallow, gulp, guzzle  
Gobble down and gobble up mean the same as gobble.
There were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
Phrasal verbs:
gobble down gobble
gobble up
1. phrasal verb
If an organization gobbles up a smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it.
...a company intent on gobbling up weaker rivals. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
To gobble up something such as money means to use or waste a lot of it.
The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
3.  See also gobble
Translations:
Chinese: 狼吞虎咽地吃
Japanese: むさぼり食う
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