gormandize

gormandize — 動詞

  • gormandizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • gormandizes3rd person singular
  • gormandizing-ing form
  • gormandizedpast simple

1. to eat far more food than you need, quickly and hungrily, with little thought fo

1.動詞及物 / 不及物C2
釋義

暴食；大吃

毫無節制地大吃特吃，吃得過量

to eat far more food than you need, quickly and hungrily, with little thought for when to stop.

例句

After the wedding, Esteban gormandized on roast lamb and three plates of rice.

婚禮結束後，Esteban 大吃烤羊肉和三盤飯。

intransitive: gormandize on + food

The hungry children gormandized the whole cake before their mother came home.

飢餓的孩子們在媽媽回家前，就把整個蛋糕大吃一頓，吃得精光。

transitive: gormandize + food object

常見搭配
  • gormandize on
  • gormandize at a buffet
  • gormandize greedily
同義詞
  • gorge

    eat until completely full

  • overeat

    plain, neutral word for eating too much

  • binge

    stresses a short, uncontrolled burst of eating

文法句型

gormandize on + food

gormandize + food

用法筆記

Can be used without an object (gormandize at a buffet) or with the food as its object (gormandize the whole cake).

常見錯誤

Tara gormandized one small slice of cake, slowly enjoying each bite.
Tara enjoyed one small slice of cake, slowly savoring each bite.
gormandize is about eating a large quantity, not about enjoying a small amount of good food.

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