| 词组 | gobble up |
| 释义 | Phr V gobble up gobbles, gobbling, gobbled gobble down/up sth or gobble sth down/up informal to eat food very quicklyWe've got half an hour for lunch so you don't need to gobble it down.He was so hungry that he'd gobbled up his food before she'd even started hers. gobble up sth or gobble sth up informal to use a lot of something, especially moneyMy rent gobbles up two thirds of my monthly salary. informal if a large organization gobbles up a smaller organization, it takes control of the smaller organizationIndependent magazines are increasingly being gobbled up by large publishing groups. gobble up1. To eat something in its entirety very quickly and eagerly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Now that the baby is eating solid food, she just gobbles up anything we put in front of her. 2. To use or deplete something quickly and in its entirety. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Developers have gobbled up all of the least expensive homes in our neighborhood, unfortunately. gobble someone or something upto eat someone or something completely and rapidly. The wolf said that he was going to gobble the little girl up. The wolf wanted to gobble up the little pig. gobble something upto use up, buy up, or occupy all of something. The shoppers gobbled all the sale merchandise up in a few hours. They gobbled up everything. gobble upv. To eat something completely and in haste: We gobbled up our meal and left for the theater. The babysitter grabbed the brownies and gobbled them up. |
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