guzzle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Drink; intoxicating liquor. dated,uncountable

— Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown
A drinking bout; a debauch. dated
An insatiable thing or person. dated
A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen. UK,obsolete

— Means't thou that senseless, sensual epicure, / That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure?
The throat.

动词 v.

To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto. informal,transitive

— No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually. dated,informal,intransitive

— A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles. broadly,informal,transitive

— This car just guzzles petrol.
To flow copiously; to spray out. informal,intransitive,rare

— Blood guzzled from the wound.

词形变化

guzzles present,singular,third-person guzzling participle,present guzzled participle,past guzzled past guzle alternative,obsolete guzzel alternative,obsolete guzzles plural guzle alternative,obsolete guzzel alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词

swig swill

衍生词

glizzy guzzler guzzledom guzzle down guzzle up guzzler guzzly unguzzled

词源

词源 1

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking eagerly; or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”). First attested in 1576.

词源 2

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking eagerly; or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”). First attested in 1576.