salivate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsæl.ɪ.veɪt]
- 美式音标 [ˈsæl.ə.veɪt]
- 国际音标 ['sæliveit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 使流涎；使過量分泌唾液
- vi. 分泌唾液；流口水
英汉例句
- They don't salivate at the thought of a great steak.
她們不會因爲想到一塊美味牛排而流口水。 - And we salivate each time we hear the beep or vibration of a new text message.
聽到手機新短信的鈴聲或是震動就流口水，迫不及待要看看內容。 - INVESTORS may salivate over insurance prospects in the emerging markets of Indonesia, India and China, but the more mature Asian markets seem to have life in them yet.
投資者對印度尼西亞、印度及中國的保險業新興市場前景垂涎三尺，但比較成熟的亞洲市場在他們看來也仍有利用空間。 - When a company becomes a headline risk situation, journalists and their copy desk colleagues salivate.
FORBES: Cramer, Soros And The Dumbing Down Of Financial Journalism - And analysts continue to salivate at the prospect of a tie-up with Dresdner Bank, a Frankfurt rival.
ECONOMIST: German banks - Debt at 100 percent of GDP makes gold bugs salivate and trading partners squeamish about holding our paper.
FORBES: Savvy Investors Survive Fed's Remorseless Abuse
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to produce saliva
- When people or animals salivate, they produce a lot of saliva in their mouth, often as a result of seeing or smelling food.