Word · Frequency #15456
gobbles
火鸡叫声
gobbles is the plural of gobble.
the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
- 1.
A rapid straight putt so strongly played that, if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.
一种快速直线推杆,击球非常有力,若未进洞会滚出很远。
- 2.
The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.
火鸡的叫声；或其他鸟类类似的叫声。
一种快速直线推杆,击球非常有力,若未进洞会滚出很远。；火鸡的叫声；或其他鸟类类似的叫声。
In use
The children gobbled their lunch before going back to class.
He always gobbles his dinner so quickly that he never enjoys it.
She was so hungry that she gobbled the whole pizza by herself.
gobble sth
gobble 作及物动词，表示急切地大口吃，后面直接接食物名词。
He gobbled his breakfast and ran to school.
他狼吞虎咽地吃完早饭就跑去学校了。
gobble
gobble 作不及物动词，指火鸡发出“咯咯”的叫声，不带宾语。
The turkeys gobbled in the yard.
火鸡在院子里咯咯叫。
the gobble of sth
gobble 作名词，指火鸡的叫声，常用单数。
We could hear the gobble of wild turkeys in the forest.
Connections
Collocations
- gobble down
- 狼吞虎咽地吃下
- He gobbled down his dinner before the phone rang.电话铃响前，他狼吞虎咽地吃完了晚餐。
- gobble up
- 很快吃光
- The kids gobbled up the cookies in minutes.孩子们几分钟就把饼干吃光了。
- a turkey's gobble
- 火鸡的咯咯叫声
- We heard a turkey's gobble in the distance.我们听见远处传来火鸡的咯咯叫声。
- gobble like a turkey
- 像火鸡一样咯咯叫
- He can gobble like a turkey to make children laugh.他会学火鸡咯咯叫来逗孩子们笑。
Idioms & figurative uses
- gobble up
- 狼吞虎咽地吃光；大量消耗；吞并The kids gobbled up the pizza as soon as it arrived.孩子们一拿到披萨就狼吞虎咽地吃光了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：火鸡叫 gobble，人贪吃也 gobble，像火鸡一样大口猛吞。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常交谈中描述快速进食、描述火鸡的叫声时、非正式的故事或叙述里 该词的不同义项语域略有差别。表示“狼吞虎咽”时通常较为日常，多用于口语或非正式文字；表示“火鸡叫声”或“咯咯叫”时比较中性，多出现在描述动物的语境中。正式场合中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
gobble 与 hobble、wobble、squabble、cobble、bobble 押韵，都读 /ɒbəl/。gabble 拼写相似，但元音不同，读 /ˈɡæbəl/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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