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　

TEM8

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

• A new study suggests that obese people have a different physiological response to food: they continue to salivate longer in response to a new taste than do people of normal weight.
  一项新的研究表明，肥胖的人与正常体重的人对食物有不同的生理学反应，他们品尝新味道的食物分泌唾液的时间更长。
• Selling cars to the bicycling masses of China is a prospect to make any carmaker salivate.
  向绝大多数以自行车代步的中国人卖车的美好前景，足以让任何一家汽车制造商垂涎三尺。
• 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。
• Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
  所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't just salivate, come buy some taffy now.
  别光会流口水，快买些太妃糖吧。
• The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate.
  想起那些美味佳肴使我流涎。
• Many countries in the region offer trends that make bankers salivate: savings rates among the highest in the world, growing use of credit cards and, in commercial banking, family-controlled companies hungry for capital to expand.
  东南亚地区很多国家表现出了许多令银行家们垂涎不已的趋势：储蓄率为全球最高，信用卡使用量不断增加；在商业银行业务方面，家族控股企业急需资金进行业务扩张。
• This dog one but walk out of a door, do not identify the home, loaf about everywhere, the cry is hoarse, chin below paralytic, salivate.
  该犬一但走出家门，不认家，四处游荡，叫声嘶哑，下颔麻痹，流涎。