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单词 gobbet
释义
gobbetgob‧bet /ˈɡɒbɪt $ ˈɡɑː-/ noun [countable] old use Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgobbet
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French ‘mouthful, piece’
Examples
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  • Alongside this is a gobbet of text explaining the picture.
  • First the St Sebastian triptych, all finished, down to the last arrowhead and gobbet of blood.
  • Hastily she bit gobbets loose and swallowed them, bolting down a dreadful and disgusting feast.
  • Really, he could use half an hour to digest the gobbets of this person.
  • The rest of you, choke on this last gobbet of my scorn!
  • The stodgy strands were long and thick and twisted, spotted with mobile gobbets of ketchup.
  • They do nothing to break up the food into easily swallowed gobbets or to tease out the hard inedible bits.
a small piece of something, especially food
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