gulper
gulper — 名詞
1. a person or animal that swallows food, drink, or air in large, hurried gulps
狼吞虎嚥的人
吃喝又快又急的人或動物；有別於深海魚
a person or animal that swallows food, drink, or air in large, hurried gulps
Brandon is such a gulper at meals — his plate is clean before anyone else has even started.
Brandon 是個狼吞虎嚥的人，別人才剛坐下，他的盤子已經空了。
pattern: be + such a gulper (informal description of a person)
Ayesha teased her brother for being a gulper — he finished his soup in four noisy swallows.
Ayesha 笑她弟弟狼吞虎嚥，一碗湯四口就喝完了。
pattern: teased for being a gulper (informal, mild criticism)
Shirin's Labrador is a messy gulper who always scatters half his kibble across the floor.
Shirin 的拉布拉多是隻狼吞虎嚥的狗，總是把一半飼料撒得滿地都是。
animal subject: pet described with manner adjective + gulper
When we pulled the plug, the sink became a gulper, draining the water in quick, noisy swallows.
我們一拔掉塞子，水槽就像狼吞虎嚥似的，咕嚕咕嚕地把水吸乾了。
metaphorical: inanimate thing acting as a gulper
Lucas surfaced from the pool a gulper of air, his mouth wide open between strokes.
Lucas 從泳池冒出水面，像狼吞虎嚥般大口吸著氣，嘴巴在划水之間張得大大的。
pattern: a gulper of air (breathing in large, fast gulps)
- noisy gulper
- fast gulper
- messy gulper
用法筆記
Typically used informally to describe someone who eats or drinks too quickly, often with mild teasing or criticism.
常見錯誤
2. a deep-sea fish with an eel-like body and a huge mouth that stretches open to sw
吞鰻
嘴巴極大的深海魚，能吞下比自己大的獵物
a deep-sea fish with an eel-like body and a huge mouth that stretches open to swallow prey bigger than itself
Diving robots filmed a gulper two kilometres deep, its giant jaws wide open in the pitch-black water.
潛水機器人在兩公里深的海底拍到一條吞鰻，巨大的嘴巴在漆黑中大開。
typical deep-sea habitat description with depth measurement
A gulper can swallow a squid twice its size because its stomach stretches like a balloon.
吞鰻能吞下比自己大一倍的魷魚，因為牠的胃像氣球一樣能伸縮。
can + verb: ability to swallow unusually large prey
A gulper opened its enormous mouth and swallowed a squid nearly twice its length in one motion.
一條吞鰻張開巨大的嘴巴，一口吞下幾乎有自己兩倍長的魷魚。
pattern: swallow + prey + size comparison (nearly twice its length)
The gulper's tail tip glows with a faint light to lure curious fish close enough to be eaten whole.
吞鰻的尾巴尖端會發出微光，引誘好奇的小魚靠近，然後一口吞掉。
Fishermen once hauled a gulper from the deep, its huge mouth still stretched around a half-swallowed fish.
漁民曾從深海拖起一條吞鰻，牠巨大的嘴巴還緊緊箍著一條吞了一半的魚。
past-tense narrative: discovery scene with distinctive physical detail
- gulper eel
the common English name for members of this fish family; used interchangeably
- pelican eel
refers specifically to Eurypharynx pelecanoides, one well-known species of gulper
用法筆記
Often called 'gulper eel' or 'pelican eel' in popular science writing. Distinguish from sense 1, which describes a person or thing that gulps.
同根字
常見搭配
常用片語
- such a gulper
- a gulper of (air/water/food)