gob
gob — 名詞
- gobsingular
- gobsplural
1. an impolite word for a person's mouth — often used in expressions like 'shut you
臭嘴
對嘴巴的粗魯稱呼
an impolite word for a person's mouth — often used in expressions like 'shut your gob' to tell someone angrily to stop talking.
The farmer told the nosy tourist to shut his gob and mind his own business.
農夫叫多管閒事的觀光客閉上他的臭嘴，少管閒事。
collocation: 'shut your gob' as a rude command
Liam stuffed his gob with chips and tried to answer his mother's question.
Liam 把薯條塞了滿嘴，還想回答媽媽的問題。
Amina wiped her gob with her sleeve after finishing the bowl of hot noodles.
Amina 吃完那碗熱騰騰的麵之後，用袖子擦了擦嘴。
The referee warned the angry player to keep his gob shut or get sent off.
裁判警告那名生氣的球員閉上他的臭嘴，否則會被罰下場。
Diego laughed loudly with a mouthful of chocolate still in his gob.
Diego 嘴裡含著巧克力，大聲笑了起來。
文法句型
someone's gob
shut your gob
用法筆記
Avoid in polite conversation. Most commonly appears in the fixed phrases 'shut your gob' (telling someone angrily to stop talking) and 'keep your gob shut' (staying silent about something). The 'keep your gob shut' pattern is how a speaker expresses the idea of not speaking at all. The word is strongly marked as British slang — American English speakers may not recognise it.
常見錯誤
2. a small, sticky blob of a wet substance such as glue, paint, food paste, or sali
一坨
黏稠物質的一小塊
a small, sticky blob of a wet substance such as glue, paint, food paste, or saliva.
Kenji wiped a gob of blue paint off the brush and into the tin.
Kenji 把刷子上的一坨藍色顏料擦進油漆罐裡。
pattern: 'a gob of [substance]'
The children giggled when they saw a gob of gum stuck to the teacher's chair.
孩子們看到老師的椅子上黏了一坨口香糖，咯咯笑了起來。
Fatima noticed a gob of glue on her sleeve after finishing the art project.
Fatima 做完美術作業後，發現袖子上黏了一坨膠水。
A gob of phlegm sat on the footpath, and the children walked around it.
人行道上有一坨痰，孩子們繞著走過去。
Liam scooped up a gob of peanut butter and spread it onto his toast.
Liam 挖起一坨花生醬，塗在吐司上。
文法句型
a gob of [substance]
用法筆記
Always followed by 'of' and the name of the wet substance. Commonly used for disgust-inducing or messy substances (saliva, glue, wet paint). Not used for dry, solid objects.
常見錯誤
3. a large quantity of something valuable, especially money or land.
一大筆
大量的金錢或土地
a large quantity of something valuable, especially money or land.
Hassan made a gob of money selling his record collection to a shop in London.
Hassan 把蒐集的 vintage 唱片賣給倫敦一家店，賺了一大筆錢。
collocation: 'a gob of money'
The company spent a gob of cash renovating the old warehouse near the river.
公司花了一大筆現金，把河邊那間舊倉庫翻修了一遍。
Olga inherited a gob of land from her grandfather in the Scottish Highlands.
Olga 從祖父那裡繼承了蘇格蘭高地的一大片土地。
Wei put a gob of savings into the new restaurant and hoped it would succeed.
Wei 把一大筆積蓄投入新餐廳，希望餐廳能成功。
文法句型
a gob of [something valuable]
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'money', 'cash', 'savings', or 'land'. Less common than synonyms like 'loads of' or 'a ton of'. Markedly British — not used in American English.
常見錯誤
gob — 動詞
- gobpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gobs3rd person singular
- gobbing-ing form
- gobbedpast simple
1. to force saliva from your mouth, usually onto the ground or at something, in a r
吐口水
用力從口中吐出液體
to force saliva from your mouth, usually onto the ground or at something, in a rough or unfriendly way.
The old farmer gobbed into the soil and wiped his chin with his sleeve.
老農夫往泥土上吐了一口痰，用袖子擦了擦下巴。
intransitive: 'gob into/onto [surface]'
Diego gobbed onto the pavement after tasting the sour lemon from the market stall.
Diego 在市場攤位嚐了一顆酸檸檬後，往人行道上吐了一口。
The headmaster told the boy off for gobbing in the school playground during break time.
校長訓斥了那個男孩，因為他在學校操場上吐口水。
The angry passenger gobbed onto the station platform and hurried through the gate.
那位生氣的通勤者往月臺上吐了一口痰，然後匆忙穿過閘門。
The old gardener gobbed onto his hands before picking up the heavy shovel.
老園丁在拿起沉重的鏟子之前，朝手上吐了一口口水。
文法句型
gob at/on [someone/something]
用法筆記
Considered crude and antisocial in most public settings. Less common in modern British English than the noun form. The past tense is 'gobbed' and the present participle is 'gobbing'.
常見錯誤
❌ 'He gobbed on the floor in the restaurant.' (used as a neutral action) — This would be considered very rude in any culture; the word itself signals that the action is rough and informal, not neutral.