gorging

英 [ˈɡɔːdʒɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡɔːrdʒɪŋ]

v.  贪婪地吃; 狼吞虎咽
gorge的现在分词

复数：gorgings　现在分词：gorging　

柯林斯词典

• 峡；峡谷
  Agorgeis a deep, narrow valley with very steep sides, usually where a river passes through mountains or an area of hard rock.
• VERB 贪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽
  If yougorge onsomething orgorge yourself onit, you eat lots of it in a very greedy way.
  1. I could spend each day gorging on chocolate...
     我可以每天只吃巧克力就够了。
  2. ...teenagers gorging themselves on ice-cream sundaes.
     大口吃着圣代冰激凌的青少年

双语例句

• Apple appears to be gorging on consumer demand for its smartphone.
  消费者对iPhone的需求似乎让苹果赚得盆满钵满。
• We saw a vulture gorging on some rotting carcase.
  我们看见一只秃鹫正在贪婪地啄食腐尸。
• James Gillray. 1787. George III, Queen Charlotte, and the Prince of Wales gorging at the public trough.
  1787年，乔治三世、夏洛特王后和威尔士亲王在公共水槽边狼吞虎咽。
• I could spend each day gorging on chocolate
  我可以每天只吃巧克力就够了。
• Scientists have found that a key part of the brain which stops the body from acting on impulse – and gorging – does not function as well in those who are overweight or obese.
  科学家们近日发现，通常人大脑中阻止身体冲动行事和狼吞虎咽的关键组成部分，却没有办法在超重者或肥胖者的大脑内发生作用。
• We came across a crocodile scarcely able to move after gorging on some dead animal.
  我们看见一条鳄鱼在饱啖死犬之后，几乎一动也不能动了。
• These researchers quite frequently see similar effects in rats that have been gorging on chocolate as those given cocaine.
  研究人员经常发现吃巧克力和可卡因对小白鼠有相似的作用。
• All died of broken necks after slamming into windowpanes, apparently after gorging themselves on berries that had begun to rot, turning the juice inside to alcohol, Wehsely said.
  威斯利说，这些鸟均是在猛烈撞击窗玻璃后因折断脖子而死亡的。很显然它们食用了大量已经开始腐烂且其汁液正逐步转化成酒精的浆果。
• Utterly full after gorging on the delicious meat and wine, it was time to head back to Como.
  在尽情享受美食佳酿、酒足饭饱后，是时候回到科摩了。
• They had been gorging fruit in the forest.
  他们方才一直在森林里狼吞虎咽地大嚼野果。