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单词 engorge
释义 en·gorge
\ə̇n, en+\ verb
Etymology: Middle French engorgier to feed to repletion, devour, from Old French, to devour, from en- en- (I) + gorge throat — more at gorge
transitive verb
1. : gorge, glut: as
 a. : to feed (as oneself or an animal) to repletion
  < a working horse should not be engorged on the weekend >
 b. : to fill with blood to the point of congestion — usually used in passive
  < the gastric mucosa was greatly engorged >
2. : to swallow with greediness : devour, engulf
intransitive verb
1. : to feed with eagerness or voracity
2. of a bloodsucking invertebrate : to feed on blood to the limit of body capacity
 < larvae which had engorged … previously on an infected guinea pig, transmitted a fatal infection — Journal of Infectious Diseases >
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