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单词 gorge
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gorge

noun
/ɡɔːdʒ/
/ɡɔːrdʒ/
Idioms
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    a deep narrow valley with steep sides     synonym canyon
    • the Rhine Gorge
    Extra Examples
    • Cheddar Gorge
    • This is an area of spectacular gorges and jagged cliffs.
    Topics Geographyc1
    Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
Idioms
somebody’s gorge rises
  1. (formal) somebody feels so angry about something that they feel physically sick

gorge

verb
/ɡɔːdʒ/
/ɡɔːrdʒ/
 [transitive, intransitive] (sometimes disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gorge
/ɡɔːdʒ/
/ɡɔːrdʒ/
he / she / it gorges
/ˈɡɔːdʒɪz/
/ˈɡɔːrdʒɪz/
past simple gorged
/ɡɔːdʒd/
/ɡɔːrdʒd/
past participle gorged
/ɡɔːdʒd/
/ɡɔːrdʒd/
-ing form gorging
/ˈɡɔːdʒɪŋ/
/ˈɡɔːrdʒɪŋ/
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  1. gorge (yourself) (on something) to eat a lot of something, until you are too full to eat any moreTopics Feelingsc2 synonym stuff (4)
    Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
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