gargle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɑːɡəl/    美 /ˈɡɑɹɡəl/|/ˈɡɐːɡəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A liquid used for gargling. countable,uncountable
    — But the case was pressing, and the nearest medical practitioner was sent for. On examining the throat, he expressed his desire that a physician should be called in, and accordingly a gentleman, duly authorized, made his appearance, and prescribed gargles and diluents secundem artem.
  2. Obsolete form of gargoyle. alt-of,obsolete
  3. The sound or act of gargling. countable
  4. Lager or other alcoholic drink. countable,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs. intransitive
    — She hated the poisoned feeling in her throat, and no matter how often she gargled she felt unclean and disgusting.
  2. To make a sound like the one made while gargling. intransitive
  3. To clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth). transitive
    — They don't gargle their throats with anything stronger than coffee at this tavern.
  4. To use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling. transitive
    — Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
  5. To perform oral sex on (a person or genitals). slang,transitive
    — I'd like to gargle his marbles.

词形变化

gargles present,singular,third-person gargling participle,present gargled participle,past gargled past gargles plural gargles plural

词汇关系

近义词
mouthwash
衍生词
Garglegate gargler ungargled brown gargle gargle-factory

词源

From French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throat”). Compare gargoyle and Spanish garganta. Displaced non-native Middle English gargargisen (“to gargle”) from Latin, and native Old English swillan (“to gargle”) (ancestor of English swill).
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