salivate

英 [ˈsælɪveɪt]

美 [ˈsælɪveɪt]

v.  (尤指看到或嗅到食物时)垂涎，流口水

过去式：salivated　现在分词：salivating　第三人称单数：salivates　过去分词：salivated　

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BNC.34351 / COCA.21527

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指看到或嗅到食物时）垂涎，流口水
  to produce more saliva in your mouth than usual, especially when you see or smell food
  1. He was salivating over the thought of the million dollars.
     想到那一百万元，他垂涎欲滴。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (常指因见到或闻到食物而)分泌唾液，流口水，垂涎
  When people or animalssalivate, they produce a lot of saliva in their mouth, often as a result of seeing or smelling food.
  1. Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
     所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
• VERB 垂涎;渴望
  If you say that someoneis salivating oversomething such as the chance to make a lot of money, you are emphasizing that you disapprove of their pleasure or eagerness.
  1. Johnson was salivating over the millions he stood to make...
     约翰逊对快要到手的几百万垂涎欲滴。
  2. American companies were salivating at the juicy contracts for rebuilding Kuwait that were likely to come their way.
     重建科威特的合同利润丰厚，对于他们有望分得的那一杯羹，美国各公司都垂涎欲滴。

英英释义

verb

• produce saliva
  1. We salivated when he described the great meal
• be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
  1. She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
  Synonym:drool

双语例句

• Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
  所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
• Foreign private equity firms salivate at the prospects offered by the Chinese growth story.
  外国私人股本公司垂涎中国增长故事所呈现的机遇。
• A$ 20 billion number would make any investor salivate, but when divided between buybacks and dividends, it's pocket change compared to the share repurchase announcements other companies have made in 2014.
  200亿美元的数额会让任何一位投资垂涎，但这笔钱需要在回购和派息之间进行分配。与2014年其他公司宣布的股票回购相比，这笔钱只能算是零花钱。
• Pleasant food aromas stimulate an involuntary physiological reaction: the mouth will salivate and the stomach will contract, mimicking hunger pangs, she says.
  她说：令人愉悦的食物的香味会刺激不自觉的生理反应：嘴里分泌唾液、胃部收缩，模仿出饥饿感。
• Just as Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a bell, the activities we associate with food can become signals to eat.
  正如巴甫洛夫的狗一听到铃就分泌唾液，人遇上和某些食品有关的活动就会想到吃。
• I salivate over your beauty, sugar.
  宝贝儿我对你的美色垂涎三尺。
• Lesson: Employers salivate over perfect fit candidates.
  经验：招聘者们都对完美适合的求职者求贤若渴。
• Fans of the Strategy pattern will likely have already started to salivate uncontrollably.
  Strategy模式的粉丝们可能已经开始唾沫横飞了。
• Sourness feels sharp and may cause the mouth to pucker and salivate;
  酸味会有尖锐的感觉且可能导致口腔皱缩和流口水；
• American companies were salivating at the juicy contracts for rebuilding Kuwait that were likely to come their way.
  重建科威特的合同利润丰厚，对于他们有望分得的那一杯羹，美国各公司都垂涎欲滴。