slabber

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver. countable,uncountable
  2. A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
    — log slabber
  3. A slabbing machine.
  4. Someone who makes slabs.
动词 v.
  1. To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver. intransitive
  2. To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food. transitive
  3. To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber. transitive
    — At the ſame time he clap'd me on the Back, and ſlabber'd me all over from Cheek to Cheek, vvith his great Tongue.
  4. To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul. transitive
    — The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost / That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.

词形变化

slabbers present,singular,third-person slabbering participle,present slabbered participle,past slabbered past slobber alternative slubber alternative slabbers plural slobber alternative slubber alternative slabbers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
beslabber slabberer slabbery

词源

词源 1
From Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”), from Old Dutch *slabron, from Proto-West Germanic *slabrōn, from Proto-Germanic *slabrōną (“to scrawl, make a mess”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Low German slabbern (“to slabber”), German schlabbern (“to slabber”), Icelandic slafra (“to slaver”). More at slaver.
词源 2
From slab + -er.
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