gulp
英 [gʌlp]
美 [ɡʌlp]
- vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃；大口地吸
- vi. 哽住；喘不過氣
- n. 一大口（尤指液體）；吞咽
助記提示
gulp大口吞咽,匆匆吞下。
gulf吞沒,海灣。
colpus溝。
colpo-(詞根)=vagina。
1. gulf => gulp.
2. gulf => colpo-(詞根) = vagina.
中文詞源
gulp 狼吞虎咽來自PIE*gwele, 吞食，擬聲詞，詞源同glut, gluttony.
英文詞源
- gulp (v.)
- late 14c., a native coinage or else from Flemish gulpe or Dutch gulpen "to gush, pour forth, guzzle, swallow," in any case possibly of imitative origin (compare Swedish dialectal glapa "to gulp down"). Related: Gulped; gulping.
- gulp (n.)
- 1560s, from gulp (v.), or else from Flemish gulpe, Dutch gulp "stream of water, large draught."
雙語例句
- 1. When his whisky came he drank half of it in one gulp.
- 威士忌端上來後，他一口氣就喝掉了一半。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We swallowed the chocolates in one gulp, licking our lips.
- 我們一口吞下了巧克力，滿意地咂著嘴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I took in a large gulp of air.
- 我深吸了一大口氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Don't gulp everything down without masticating.
- 不要不加咀嚼就把什麽都給一股腦地吞下去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She took down the tablets in one gulp.
- 她把那些藥片一口吞了下去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》