gurgitate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To surge (rise) and fall ebulliently, like or as water.
    — From the gorge a faint steam rose like mist, and in the utter stillness I could hear, far down, the sound of gurgitating waters. In a little while - how long I could not tell - the moment of eruption would return and flood the chasm.
  2. To eat, especially to eat competitively (see competitive eating).
    — His attitude to statistics can best be indicated by an expression that seems not to have been used in any of the classics, but which involves the idea that he masticates, and gurgitates them before life is extinct.

词形变化

gurgitates present,singular,third-person gurgitating participle,present gurgitated participle,past gurgitated past

词汇关系

衍生词
gurgitation gurgitator
相关词
gurges

词源

From Latin gurgitātus, past participle of gurgitō. The second sense is partly a back-formation from regurgitate.
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