gorging
/ˈgȯrj How to pronounce gorge (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ɡɔːdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡɔːrdʒ/ (ame, ipa)
gorging — 名詞
1. a period of eating much more food than your body needs, often in a greedy rush.
暴食
一次吃下過量食物
a period of eating much more food than your body needs, often in a greedy rush.
Holiday gorging on roast duck left Tunde too full to sleep.
假日裡暴食烤鴨，讓 Tunde 飽得睡不著。
gorging on + food after a feast
Doctors warned that weekend gorging could upset Salma's blood sugar.
醫師警告，週末暴食可能會讓 Salma 的血糖亂掉。
The children laughed about their movie-night gorging on chips and ice cream.
孩子們笑著談起他們在電影夜暴食洋芋片和冰淇淋的事。
One hour of gorging at the buffet made Christopher feel sick.
在自助餐廳暴食一小時，就讓 Christopher 覺得想吐。
- overeating
the plain everyday term, without the greedy tone
- bingeing
often suggests a shorter burst of loss of control
- restraint
emphasizes stopping yourself from eating too much
文法句型
gorging on + food
a bout of gorging
用法筆記
Usually refers to a stretch of overeating, especially at a party, buffet, or holiday meal. It often appears with on + food when the speaker wants to name what was eaten.
常見錯誤
gorging — 動詞
- gorgingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gorgings3rd person singular
- gorginging-ing form
- gorgingedpast simple
1. to keep eating large amounts of food quickly until you feel uncomfortably full.
暴吃
狼吞虎嚥地吃到太撐
to keep eating large amounts of food quickly until you feel uncomfortably full.
After practice, Caio was gorging on noodles before the last bus home.
練習結束後，Caio 在趕末班車前正暴吃麵條。
be gorging on + food
During the layover, Nora kept gorging on airport sweets out of boredom.
轉機時，Nora 因為無聊一直暴吃機場甜食。
Instead of sharing, Emily sat in the car gorging on fries.
Emily 沒有分著吃，反而坐在車裡暴吃薯條。
The boys came home gorging on street food from the night market.
那些男孩回到家時，還一路暴吃夜市買的街頭小吃。
- overeat
more neutral and much more common in everyday use
- binge
often suggests a short burst of uncontrolled eating
- stuff yourself
informal and vivid, focusing on becoming painfully full
- nibble
suggests eating only a little at a time
文法句型
be gorging on + food
keep gorging on + food
用法筆記
Often sounds critical because it suggests little control and a strong desire for rich or tempting food. In ordinary conversation, speakers more often choose overeat or stuff yourself.