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gobble /BrE ˈgɒbl; NAmE ˈgɑːbl/ ► SEE ALLgobble sth down/up gobble sth up ●ˌgobble sth ˈdown/ˈup (informal) to eat food very quickly 飞快地吃◆I gobbled down my breakfast and ran out of the house.
我狼吞虎咽地吃完早饭跑出屋子。SYN wolf sth down[v + adv + n] [v + n/pron + adv]●ˌgobble sth ˈup (informal) 1. to use all of sth, especially money, very quickly 一下用光，很快耗尽（尤指金钱）◆The rent gobbles up half his earnings.
租金用去了他一半的收入。2. if a business, company, etc. gobbles up a smaller one, it takes control of it 吞并，兼并（公司）◆Small family businesses are being gobbled up by larger firms.
小型家庭企业正被大公司吞并。SYN swallow sth up[v + adv + n] [v + n/pron + adv] |