| 释义 |
slob·ber
I. \ˈsläbə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: partly from Middle English slober mud, slush; partly from slobber (II); akin to Middle Dutch slobbe slime, mud, mire, slobberen to walk through mud or mire, Dutch slobber swill, slush and probably to Low German slubberen to sip, lap
1. chiefly dialect : a sloppy mess (as of rain and sleet or slush and mud)
2. : the slaver or drool of excessive salivation : spittle drooled from the mouth
3. : driveling, sloppy, or incoherent speech or expression : inarticulate utterance
< a mere helpless slobber of disconnected vowel noises — Henry James †1916 >
< some essays … I thought were slobber, if that is worse than drool — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
4. slobbers \-)z\ plural but usually singular in construction : excessive salivation; specifically : more or less chronic drooling or salivation in rabbits usually associated with excessive consumption of green feed but sometimes symptomatic of coccidiosis or of dental troubles
II. verb
(slobbered ; slobbered ; slobbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; slobbers)
Etymology: Middle English sloberen; akin to Lg slubberen to sip, lap, sluf loose, slack, tired, Old Frisian luf slack, tired, Old Norse lūfa thick hair, Middle Dutch lobbe thick underlip, Lithuanian lūpa lip, slubnas slack, tired, drooping; basic meaning: slack, loose
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to let saliva fall or dribble from the mouth : drool, slaver
< bit … could cause a horse to slobber and bleed at the mouth — Bruce Siberts >
b. : to let liquid spill or dribble from the mouth in eating or drinking
2. : to gush with effusive or unrestrained emotion or sentiment : indulge the feelings unchecked
< later writers slobbered over the mountains … with extensive extracts from the Lake poets — A.S.Pease >
< when he reads the works of American historians … he can only slobber in abject frustration — C.M.Wilson >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to wet and smear with dribbling saliva or with food or drink spilled from the mouth
< the baby slobbered his bib >
b. : to spill or let drip so as to smear or soil
< slobbered the medicine on his nightclothes >
2.
a. : to kiss very wetly or implant very juicy kisses on
b. : to utter or speak in a slurred, thick, or inarticulate way
< slobbered one song out of his scraggy and ulcerous face — Robert Lynd >
3. : to handle or perform in sloppy or slovenly fashion |