单词 | guzzling |
释义 | guzzlingn. The action of guzzle v. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] excessc1386 surfeita1387 surfeiturea1400 surfeity?a1450 replevishingc1450 surfeitnessa1500 surfeiting1519 ingurgitation1531 crapulosity?1538 gurgitation1542 guzzling1642 stuffing1713 crapulousness1850 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 392 [They] spend their time in guzling and drinking. 1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) iii. 99 By their Guzling and Neglect of Work..They lose their Business. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. x. 87 Swine at least fatten on their guzzling. 1883 G. W. Curtis in Harper's Mag. Dec. 4/2 Christmas..was all guzzling and gobbling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). guzzlingadj. That guzzles, in the senses of the verb; hence, drunken, gluttonous, greedy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] crapulousc1540 surfeiting1588 ingurgitating1620 guzzling1637 crapulent1888 stodging1898 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 137 The vndrainable draught of the gousling drunkards. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 66 To fat the guzzling Hogs with Floods of Whey. 1827 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 133 There is something shocking in the greedy, growling, guzzling monopoly of such a blessing. a1845 R. H. Barham Jerry Jarvis's Wig in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 309 The beer, you guzzling wretch!—what beer? 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. II. xii. 142 A quiet, large, guzzling native of the Emerald Isle. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators I. 94 He was busy..with the eager, guzzling avidity of a pig. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1642adj.1637 |
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