gobble
英 ['gɒb(ə)l]
美 ['ɡɑbl]
- vi.大食漢になる；キャッキャウフフする
- vt.むさぼり食う
- n. 七面鳥の鳴き声
語源
英語の語源
- gobble (v.1)
- "eat greedily, swallow hastily," c. 1600, probably partly echoic, partly frequentative and based on gob (n.1), via gobben "drink something greedily" (early 15c.). Related: Gobbled; gobbling.
- gobble (v.2)
- "make a turkey noise," 1670s, probably imitative, perhaps influenced by gobble (v.1) or gargle. As a noun from 1781.
例文
- 1. There were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up.
- 川には人を食べる危険な動物がいる。
- 2.Don 't gobble your food like that！
- そんなにがつがつ食べるな！
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- 3. Papa would pretend to gobble , to emphasize this " excellence. 「
- お父さんはがつがつ食べるふりをして、その「おいしい.」
- 4を強調した。This machine can gobble up work at a quite fantastic rate.
- このマシンはかなり驚くべき速度で動作することができます。
- 5.Do you gobble up all the baby food？
- ベビーフードをお腹に飲み込んだの？