英语词汇“gobble”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gobblegobble /ˈgɑbəl/ verb informal

ETYMOLOGYgobble

Origin: (1) 1600-1700 Probably from gob (2) 1600-1700 From the sound

VERB TABLE

gobble

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gobble
	he, she, it	gobbles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	gobbled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have gobbled
	he, she, it	has gobbled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had gobbled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gobble
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have gobbled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am gobbling
	he, she, it	is gobbling
	you, we, they	are gobbling
Past	I, he, she, it	was gobbling
	you, we, they	were gobbling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been gobbling
	he, she, it	has been gobbling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been gobbling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be gobbling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been gobbling

1[intransitive, transitive] (also gobble up) to eat something very quickly or in a way that people do not consider polite: We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.2[transitive] (also gobble up) to use a supply of something quickly: Housing costs gobble up almost half of our budget.3[intransitive] to make a sound like a turkey—gobble noun [countable]