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gobs of + [plural noun]
gobs of 后接可数名词复数，表示‘大量的’，常用于非正式语境。
There were gobs of people at the concert.
音乐会现场有大量的人。
大量，许多
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大量，许多
a large number or amount
There were gobs of people at the concert.
音乐会现场有大量的人。
I've got gobs of work to do before the deadline.
我在截止日期前有大量工作要做。
She made gobs of money selling handmade crafts online.
她通过在线销售手工艺品赚了一大笔钱。
There are gobs of time left before the movie starts.
电影开始前还有大把时间。
gobs of 后接可数名词复数，表示‘大量的’，常用于非正式语境。
There were gobs of people at the concert.
音乐会现场有大量的人。
a gob of 后接不可数名词，表示‘一团、一块’黏稠的东西。
He had a gob of chewing gum in his mouth.
他嘴里有一团口香糖。
gobs 是俚语，指美国水兵，通常以复数形式出现。
The gobs were on leave in port.
水兵们在港口休假。
作为动词，gobs 意为‘吐唾沫’，常用于非正式场合。
He always gobs on the sidewalk.
他总在人行道上吐唾沫。
Not this
There are a gob of people waiting outside.
Use this
There are gobs of people waiting outside.
错误：将'gobs'误用为单数形式'a gob of'。英语中表示大量时，固定搭配为'gobs of'，其中'gobs'是复数名词，不能与不定冠词'a'连用。
Not this
He gob on the ground every morning.
Use this
He gobs on the ground every morning.
错误：第三人称单数动词缺少-s。'gob'作动词时，主语为第三人称单数需加-s变为'gobs'。
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作名词时常用复数，表示大量或凝块；作动词时是gob的第三人称单数，意为吐唾沫。
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