| 单词 | gob |
| 释义 | gob (once / 13296 pages) 1n 2n 3n A gob is a lump, blob, or chunk of something. A gob of pizza dough has to be flattened into a large circle before you can top it with sauce and cheese and bake it in the oven. A gob can be a hunk of something slimy or yucky — you might avoid stepping on an unidentified gob on the sidewalk. You can also eat a gob of cookie dough or mold a gob of clay. Roald Dahl introduced the Everlasting Gobstopper in his novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as a form of candy that would last forever. A more old fashioned meaning of the word gob is "a sailor." While the origin of this kind of gob is a mystery, the "lump" meaning comes from gobbet, "fragment," rooted in the Old French gobet, "piece or mouthful." WORD FAMILYgob: gobs USAGE EXAMPLESWhich he did, sitting through the entire thing with a gob on. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) Many brokerages offer gobs of research reports on companies. Seattle Times(Nov 19, 2016) While its core operations are cash-flow negative, it has raised gobs of debt that it has plowed into the market. Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) 1 n a lump of slimy stuff 2a gob of phlegm Hyper ball, chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump a compact mass n informal terms for the mouth 3Syn|Hyper cakehole, hole, maw, trap, yap mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge n a man who serves as a sailor Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper Jack, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar Sir John Hawkins English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595) Captain KiddScottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701) able seaman, able-bodied seaman a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosuna petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen deckhand, roustabouta member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor helmsman, steerer, steersmanthe person who steers a ship bargee, bargeman, lightermansomeone who operates a barge officer, ship's officera person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel pilota person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor sea lawyeran argumentative and contentious seaman whalera seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales cox, coxswainthe helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew captain, master, sea captain, skipperan officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship first mate, matethe officer below the master on a commercial ship privateer, privateersmanan officer or crew member of a privateer purseran officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare navigator, sailing masterthe ship's officer in charge of navigation stewardthe ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements supercargoan officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase crewman, sailor any member of a ship's crew |
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