gorm

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡɔːm/    美 /ɡoɹm/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To gawk; to stare or gape. UK,US,dialectal
    — Passing through St. George's Square, Lupus Street, Chichester Street, he scarcely saw a soul; then, quite suddenly, he struck a dense crowd, kept back by the police, standing gorming at a great jagged hole in a high blank wall, a glimpse, the merest glimpse of more broken walls, shattered chimneys.
  2. Alternative form of gaum (“to smear”). alt-of,alternative
    — 'It is quite ruined.' 'How did she do it? What a pity!' 'With paint—assisting in the painting of a garden-gate. She told me the pleasure of "gorming" it on was too irresistible to be resisted; and the poor little new gown in done for.'
  3. To devour; to wolf down (food). colloquial,rare
    — The bear came up to the berries and stopped. Not accustomed to eat out of a pail, he tipped it over, and nosed about the fruit "gorming" it down, mixed with leaves and dirt, […]
  4. To make a mess of. Appalachia,New-England,Southern-US,dialectal,often
    — I find the cheap shilling self-filling pen advertised in these pages excellent value—quite equal to that of fountain-pens I have paid ten times as much for. It is also durable. I am a careless person, and prefer to discard it when I have “gormed” it […]

词形变化

gorms present,singular,third-person gorming participle,present gormed participle,past gormed past gawm alternative gorms present,singular,third-person gorming participle,present gormed participle,past gormed past gorms present,singular,third-person gorming participle,present gormed participle,past gormed past gorms present,singular,third-person gorming participle,present gormed participle,past gormed past gaum alternative

词源

词源 1
A variant of gaum, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumō; compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”), and see gaum for more. The -r- was not originally pronounced but was a device used by non-rhotic dialects of English to indicate vowel length or quality (compare Burma, Myanmar, and juggernaut).
词源 2
A variant of gaum (itself likely a variant of gum), with the ‘r’ being a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.
词源 3
From gormandize/gormandise.
词源 4
Supposed by some to be related to gormless and/or gorming, and by others to be related to gorm (“smear”) (itself probably related to gum (“make sticky; impair the functioning of”)).
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