gobble

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  • v.狼吞虎咽；贪婪地吃；（火鸡）咯咯叫
  • n.(火鸡的)咯咯声
  • Web火鸡叫声；吞并；吞食
Simple Present：gobbles  Present Participle：gobbling  Past Tense：gobbled  

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gobble
v.
1.
[t][i]
狼吞虎咽；贪婪地吃to eat sth very fast, in a way that people consider rude or greedy
Don't gobble your food like that!
别那么狼吞虎咽地吃东西！
They gobbled down all the sandwiches.
他们几口就把三明治全吃光了。
2.
[i]
（火鸡）咯咯叫when a turkeygobbles , it makes a noise in its throat

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AllAll,狼吞虎咽狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃贪婪地吃,咯咯叫咯咯叫,咯咯声咯咯声,火鸡叫声火鸡叫声,吞并吞并,吞食吞食
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1.
He was about to take them, when the serpent lunged at him with its three mouths all set to gobble him up in three bites.
小伙子正要伸手去接玫瑰，蛇却张开三张嘴向他猛扑过来，它只消每张嘴咬一口就能把小伙子一下子吃了。
xiǎo huǒ zi zhèng yào shēn shǒu qù jiē méi guī , shé què zhāng kāi sān zhāng zuǐ xiàng tā měng pū guò lái , tā zhǐ xiāo měi zhāng zuǐ yǎo yì kǒu jiù néng bǎ xiǎo huǒ zi yí xià zi chī le 。
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2.
Mammy: I ain't aiming for you to go after Mr. Wilkes and eat like a field hand and gobble like a hog!
奶妈：我不准你去追威尔克斯先生，还有像农夫一样地大吃大喝，还叫得跟头猪似的！
nǎi mā : wǒ bù zhǔn nǐ qù zhuī wēi ěr kè sī xiān sheng , hái yǒu xiàng nóng fū yí yàng de dà chī dà hē , hái jiào de gēn tóu zhū shì de !
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3.
"You can gobble up the thing, " he said, "or you can try to understand it. "
“不管什么事，你都可以囫囵吞枣，”他说，“或者你可以试着理解它。”
" bù guǎn shén me shì , nǐ dōu kě yǐ hú lún tūn zǎo , " tā shuō , " huò zhě nǐ kě yǐ shì zhe lǐ jiě tā 。 "
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4.
It looks as if it's hatching plans to gobble it up one day.
看起来它正在密谋计划有一天吞下它。
kàn qǐ lái tā zhèng zài mì móu jì huà yǒu yī tiān tūn xià tā 。
dongxi.net
5.
A group of turkeys is technically called a "rafter" , though they are often incorrectly referred to as a "gobble" or simply a "flock" .
技术上讲，一群火鸡应该称为“rafter”，尽管通常都被不正确的称为“gobble（火鸡咯咯声）”，或仅仅是“flock（畜群）”。
jì shù shàng jiǎng , yì qún huǒ jī yīng gāi chēng wéi " rafter " , jǐn guǎn tōng cháng dōu bèi bù zhèng què de chēng wéi " gobble ( huǒ jī gē gē shēng ) " , huò jǐn jǐn shì " flock ( chù qún ) " 。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
Those people who used to eat with gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips.
过去经常吃的人狼吞虎咽他们的米也许是采取了对鱼和芯片。
guò qù jīng cháng chī de rén láng tūn hǔ yàn tā men de mǐ yě xǔ shì cǎi qǔ le duì yú hé xīn piàn 。
goabroad.zhishi.sohu.com
7.
China is not about to gobble up the region, beginning with Taiwan as an expensive appetizer.
中国不会一口吞掉东亚，光是台湾这道开胃菜的代价就足够昂贵了。
zhōng guó bú huì yì kǒu tūn diào dōng yà , guāng shì tái wān zhè dào kāi wèi cài de dài jià jiù zú gòu áng guì le 。
blog.sina.com.cn
8.
Rather than facing a decline in global competitiveness, China has continued to gobble market share in many markets.
中国正在全世界继续吞噬着市场份额，而不是在担心经济和竞争力的衰退。
zhōng guó zhèng zài quán shì jiè jì xù tūn shì zhe shì chǎng fèn é , ér bú shì zài dān xīn jīng jì hé jìng zhēng lì de shuāi tuì 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
Needless to say, the banking industry will insist the mouse is a tiger about to gobble up the world economy.
不消说，银行业将坚称，这不是一只老鼠，而是一只将吞噬全球经济的猛虎。
bù xiāo shuō , yín háng yè jiāng jiān chēng , zhè bú shì yī zhī lǎo shǔ , ér shì yī zhī jiāng tūn shì quán qiú jīng jì de měng hǔ 。
www.ftchinese.com
10.
We now gobble up more than two million tons of seafood a year compared to just half-a-million at the dawn of the 20th century.
每年我们都要吞下200万吨海产品，20世纪末的时候这个数字还只是50万。
měi nián wǒ men dōu yào tūn xià èr bǎi wàn dūn hǎi chǎn pǐn , èr shí shì jì mò de shí hou zhè ge shù zì hái zhǐ shì wǔ shí wàn 。
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