每日单词:gulp
导读:gulp英 [ɡʌlp] 美 [ɡʌlp]v.吞咽;喘气;抑制 n.吞食;[计]字节组GRE◉Usage Examples(1) He gulped his food.(2) She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her.(3) She
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gulp英 [ɡʌlp] 美 [ɡʌlp]v.吞咽;喘气;抑制 n.吞食;[计]字节组GRE
◉Usage Examples(1) He gulped his food.(2) She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her.(3) She crawled onto the river bank and lay there gulping in air.(4) He downed the vodka in one gulp.(1) 他狼吞虎咽地吃东西。(2) 她紧张地咽了一下,似乎那问题把她难住了。(3) 她爬上河岸,躺在那里喘着大气。(4) 他将伏特加酒一饮而尽。
◉Usage notesTo gulp is to loudly and quickly swallow food, drink, or air. You might gulp nervously before you stand up to make a speech.When you gulp down your breakfast so you can run and catch your bus, or gulp air upon rising to the surface of a swimming pool, you can say you take a gulp — or many gulps. The word dates from the 1300s, but its origin is somewhat uncertain. Most experts link it to the imitative Dutch gulpen, "to gush, guzzle, or swallow."
◉Collins1. [VERB 动词]吞食;大口吃;狼吞虎咽 If you gulp something, you eat or drink it very quickly by swallowing large quantities of it at once. [V n]She quickly gulped her tea.她将茶一饮而尽。2. [VERB 动词](因紧张或兴奋)倒吸气 If you gulp, you swallow air, often making a noise in your throat as you do so, because you are nervous or excited. [V] [V with quote] [WRITTEN 笔语]① I gulped, and then proceeded to tell her the whole story...我倒吸了一口气,接着把事情的原委都讲给她听。② 'I'm sorry,' he gulped.“很抱歉,”他倒吸了一口气说。3. [VERB 动词]大口大口地吸(气) If you gulp air, you breathe in a large amount of air quickly through your mouth. [V n into n] [V for n]① She gulped air into her lungs...她大口大口地吸着气。② He slumped back, gulping for air.他一屁股坐了回去,大口地喘着气。4. [N-COUNT 可数名词]吞咽的量;一大口 A gulp of air, food, or drink, is a large amount of it that you swallow at once. [oft N of n]① I took in a large gulp of air...我深吸了一大口气。② When his whisky came he drank half of it in one gulp.威士忌端上来后,他一口气就喝掉了一半。