gulp vt. 1.吞;狼吞虎咽地吃,一口吞下。 2.抑制,忍住(眼泪等)。 vi. 1.吞下,狼吞虎咽。 2.喘不过气来,哽塞。 gulp down sobs 吞声饮泣。 n. 1.吞咽。 2.一口吞下的量,一大口。 swallow at one gulp 一口吞下,一饮而尽。 adv. -ingly
In a feat that put human sword swallowers to shame, a dog managed to gulp down a stick only two inches ( 5 centimetres ) shorter than its own body, and escape unscathed 这一幕一定会让那些表演吞剑绝活的人自愧不如:英国朴次茅斯市的一只身长18英寸(约合46厘米)的小狗日前吞下了一根长16英寸(约合41厘米)的棍子,且无大碍。
But the unthreshed sheaves remaining untouched seemed countless still, notwithstanding the enormous numbers that had been gulped down by the insatiable swallower, fed by the man and tess, through whose two young hands the greater part of them had passed 由那个男工和苔丝喂进去的大量麦束,都被那个贪得无厌的机器吞食掉了,麦垛的大部分都经过这两个年轻人的手填进了机器,尽管如此,剩下来的还没有脱粒麦束似乎还是没有完的时候。