词汇 | gorge |
释义 | gorgeWord family adjectivegorgednoungorge Geographygorge1 /ɡɔːdʒ $ ɡɔːrdʒ/ noun [countableC] 1. SGa deep narrow valley with steep sides 峡谷 2. feel your gorge rise British EnglishBrEUPSET to feel very sick or angry, especially when you see or smell something very unpleasant 感到恶心;感到愤怒 Examples from the Corpus feel your gorge rise• Wendy and I felt our gorge rise, and simply could not eat. Examples from the Corpus gorge• I saw a creek at one point, visible at the bottom of a gorge.• There was the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, an almost sheer thousand-foot gorge with several sites for high dams.• Town and canton rose in importance after the early thirteenth century when the bridging of the Schollenen gorge opened up the Cotthard.• The wind blowing down the gorge was causing the boat to swing back and forth like a pendulum.• It is well worth visiting just as a tourist or to do the five-hour walk along the bottom of the gorge.• He built four massive towers, two on each side of the gorge, to support four cables. gorge2 verb 1 gorge yourself (on something) EATto eat until you are too full to eat any more 拼命地吃(某物),饱食(某物) SYN stuff yourself We gorged ourselves on ripe plums. 我们拼命地吃成熟的李子。 Examples from the Corpus gorge yourself (on something)• Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage doesn't mean to say that we swallow it whole.• In the wild they are opportunist feeders and at times of plenty they gorge themselves and then may fast for several weeks.• The symbolism was extended to the gorge itself Blondin had literally caught it in his net.• He knew he would gorge himself on curry and dal and then want to sleep.• All fish love eating tubifex and will gorge themselves silly on the worm.• Once there they gorge themselves until they are so bloated they can hardly take off. 2 be gorged with something FULLto be completely full of something 肚子塞满,饱食 The insect sucks until it is gorged with blood. 那虫子直到吸饱了血才停下来。 Examples from the Corpus be gorged with something• The fair white flesh was gorged with concupiscence and glistening with perspiration.• Snakes were gorged with small rodents in preparation for their winter hibernation.• The Chari River is gorged with water during the rainy season, and often floods. Examples from the Corpus gorge• In the months to come, Mr Clinton will undoubtedly go on gorging.• He knew he would gorge himself on curry and dal and then want to sleep.• Moms warn daughters of what comes of gorging on chips or chocolate.• We enjoyed good wines at 75p a litre and gorging on fresh sardines and salads bought in the local market.• Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage doesn't mean to say that we swallow it whole. gorge3 adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE spoken informal extremely beautiful or attractive 非常漂亮的,极其吸引人的 (1300-1400) French “throat”, from Latin gurges “throat, whirlpool” |
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