单词 | gulp |
释义 | gulpn.1 1. a. The action or an act of gulping or swallowing in large portions. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > in gulps gulping1530 gulp1568 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau ii. iii. sig. C.ivv I at the ladell got a goulpe or a licke. 1625–6 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1540 They give the accused to drinke saying that if hee bee innocent he shall drink it off at one gulp without any stay. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 345 He succeeded in getting down, at a single gulp, the small quantity of liquid he had taken into his mouth. 1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 64 Dissolving it in a tumbler of water and swallowing it all at one gulp. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 8 [The robin] eats with a relishing gulp not inferior to Dr. Johnson's. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > taking in > in large amounts gulp1616 1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie i. sig. B1 He hath suckt in ten thousand pownds worth of my Land, more then hee paid for at a gulpe. 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xxii. 147 All those joys which she [sc. the soul] took, came to her but by sups, and gulps. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vi. 79 Hell..received them all at a gulp. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 27 Quid. What, and will the People believe that now? Pamph. Believe it!—believe any thing,—no swallow like a true born Englishman's..they give a Gulp,—and down it goes. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 171 The sweetness of the verse enables the fancy, by a slight gulp, to swallow without solution the problem of being in two places at the same time. c. Capacity for gulping; ‘swallow’. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > taking in > in large amounts > capacity for gulp1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vi. 64 Here too is a Swallower of Formulas; of still wider gulp than Mirabeau. d. An effort to swallow; the noise caused by this; a choke. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation chokingc1440 prefocation1684 stifling1711 gulping1733 frost-bitten asphyxy1822 stifle1823 choke1839 chokiness1844 gulp1873 1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle v. 83 He gave a convulsive gulp as if his heart had risen to his throat and he were struggling to keep it down. 1887 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne i The smith, with a great gulp in his throat, threw a handful of coppers into the singer's hat. 2. As much as is swallowed at a gulp; a mouthful. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills part of body > mouth mouthful?c1450 gulp1611 gobful1819 willie-waught1826 pussful1922 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Goulette de vin, a gulpe, mouthfull, or small quantitie of wine. 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 171 Goblets of blood he Qvaffes; and everie Gulpe Steam's in his cankred throte. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 369 As oft as he can catch a gulp of Air, And peep above the Seas, he names the Fair. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xix. 318 He was fain to break his fast with a little conserve, and four gulps of cold water. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 vi. 55 He had..a gulp of wine, which mightily refreshed him. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 63 ‘I was down at the water-side,’ said Venus, taking another gulp of tea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † gulpn.2 Obsolete. rare. ? Impact, shock. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent piltinga1250 racec1330 squatc1350 dasha1375 percussion?a1425 peise1490 poise1490 dashing1580 gulp1598 jolt1599 feeze1603 slam1622 arietation1625 pash1677 pulse1677 jounce1784 smash1808 smashing1821 dush1827 birr1830 dunch1831 whop1895 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 124 To resist and beare of the blow and gulpe of the artillery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). gulpv. 1. a. transitive. To swallow in large draughts or morsels hastily or with greediness. Chiefly with down, †formerly also in, up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink at a gulp gulp1542 gulf1650 swipe1829 slam1982 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously forswallowOE gulch?c1225 afretea1350 moucha1350 glop1362 gloup1362 forglut1393 worrya1400 globbec1400 forsling1481 slonk1481 franch1519 gull1530 to eat up1535 to swallow up1535 engorge1541 gulp1542 ramp1542 slosh1548 raven1557 slop1575 yolp1579 devour1586 to throw oneself on1592 paunch1599 tire1599 glut1600 batten1604 frample1606 gobbet1607 to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616 to make a (also one's) meal of1622 gorge1631 demolish1639 gourmanda1657 guttle1685 to gawp up1728 nyam1790 gamp1805 slummock1808 annihilate1815 gollop1823 punish1825 engulf1829 hog1836 scoff1846 brosier1850 to pack away1855 wolf1861 locust1868 wallop1892 guts1934 murder1935 woof1943 pelicana1953 pig1979 14.. Langland's P. Pl. A. v. 191 (MSS. T. and U.) Y-gulpid, y-golped [see gloup v.]. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 119 Charybdis..after a litle tyme, casteth vp again whatsoeuer it goulped in before. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxvii. 1036 Although hee powre in neuer so much wyne, yet is he neuer filled but doeth still gulp it vp without ende of drinking. 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 182 With greedy Joy Gulp down the flying Wave. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 269 Inflated and astrut with self conceit He gulps the windy diet. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 353 The convulsive spasms about the throat obliged her to gulp what she swallowed. 1842 W. M. Thackeray Confessions of G. Fitz-Boodle: Ottilia i Several tumblers of punch..I had gulped down without saying a word. 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician II. ii. v. 220 The Russians..rise from table..before the last mouthful is well gulped down. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 256 The big fishes gulping the little ones. b. absol. ΚΠ 1714 J. Gay Trivia ii. 191 I..See them puff off the froth, and gulp amain, While with dry tongue I lick my lips in vain. 1740 D. Garrick Lying Valet i, in Wks. (1798) I. 34 Nothing, while honour sticks in your throat: do gulp, master, and down with it. 1787 F. Burney Diary 27 Nov. (1842) III. 461 I gulped as well as I could at dinner. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxxii. 267 She could only gulp at it, and swallow it. 2. transferred and figurative. Chiefly to gulp down. a. To swallow up, devour, take in. (Also with up.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > take in > in large amounts to gulp downa1625 a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) i. sig. C1 Lance. Has he devoured you too? Fran. Has gulped me downe Lance. Lance. Left you no meanes to study. Fran. Not a farthing: dispatcht my poore annuity I thanke him. a1754 H. Fielding Voy. Lisbon in Wks. (1784) X. 259 The old man..glibly gulped down the whole narrative. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 318 So many brooks and springs..collected from every quarter, to be gulped up in one great navigable canal. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. v. 100 The worthy knight fairly gulped down the oaths. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 6/1 Gulping down any scheme of vain promise. b. To keep in or ‘stifle’ by a process analogous to swallowing. Also with in, back. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) supeOE eatc950 fretc1000 forthnimc1175 forfret?c1225 to-fret?c1225 swallowa1340 devourc1374 upsoup1382 consumea1398 bisweligha1400 founderc1400 absorb1490 to swallow up1531 upsupa1547 incinerate1555 upswallow1591 fire1592 absume1596 abyss1596 worm1604 depredate1626 to gulp downa1644 whelm1667 a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 2 Gulp downe care in frolique cups of liberall Wine. 1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 158 [As] reproaches and expostulations..can do no good, I gulp them down. c1793 Ld. Bulkely in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 131 I gulped in the grievance. 1840 W. Irving Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Mag. Aug. 156 I felt my heart swell in my throat; but I gulped it back to its place. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xxviii. 220 [She] had gulped down her sobs and was resolved to be firm. 3. intransitive. To gasp or choke when or as when drinking large draughts of liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > choke choke?a1400 worrya1500 smotherc1528 gulp1530 stifle1594 to stop one's nose, nostrils1697 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 573/2 I goulpe, as drinke dothe in ones throte that drinketh hastely, je crocque..and je engoule. 1790 W. Cowper Let. 11 May (1982) III. 378 He is ever gulping as if swallowing somewhat that would hardly pass. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 256 She..gulped when she looked at it, and then cried herself to sleep. 1840 R. H. Barham Bagman's Dog in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 324 Poor Blogg went on ducking and bobbing, Sneezing out the salt water, and gulping and sobbing. 1894 Outing 24 140/2 Tom gasps apologies, opens his mouth to comment, but only gulps. 4. transitive. To cause or compel (one) to gulp. ΚΠ 1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 377 It is bad enough for a sick man..to be thus gulped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11568n.21598v.14.. |
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