gobbling 狼吞虎咽地吃(gobble的现在分词)
- All the while they’d just be as happy gobbling down some chocolate.
然而,当他们狼吞虎咽地吃巧克力的时候,却总是很开心。 - Their supposedly clean, green fuel has been gobbling up some of the choicest food crops, including corn, rape and soya, leading to controversy and protests around the world.
他们所宣称清洁、绿色的能源已经吞噬了一些最好的粮食作物,包括玉米、油菜和大豆,在世界范围内引来争议和反对。 - From Canada to Indonesia to Kazakhstan, Chinese firms are gobbling up oil, gas, coal and metals, or paying for the right to explore for them, or buying up firms that produce them.
从加拿大,印尼到哈萨克斯坦,中国企业大量囤积石油,天然气,煤炭和金属,或支付这些资源的开采权利,或购买生产这些资源的公司。
Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gobbling}.] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
Supper gobbled up in haste. --Swift.
2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
--Goldsmith.
{To gobble up}, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture
suddenly. [Slang]