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词汇 guzzle
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Definition of guzzle in English:

guzzle

verb ˈɡʌz(ə)lˈɡəzəl
[with object]
  • Eat or drink (something) greedily.

    狂饮;滥吃

    he would guzzle his ale

    他过去常狂饮啤酒。

    figurative this car guzzles petrol

    〈喻〉这辆车太耗油。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I gulp and quickly guzzle the contents of my glass, for a moment not caring that the contents may have contained alcohol.
    • Taking out a beer, he popped it open and guzzled it down in one large gulp.
    • Not that I've any issue with gaining the odd pound or two but since I'm guzzling beer and eating chips and chocolate all the time I guess things could only get worse.
    • He splashed some on his face and handed the container to Quinn, who also greedily guzzled the water down.
    • A key attraction of hybrids, with oil prices averaging around US $50 a barrel, is that they sip gas rather than guzzle it.
    • One describes how ill he felt when he mistook a large vat of gasoline for raspberry juice, guzzling the entire thing before making the realization.
    • I was tempted by one of the specials, braised pigeon, but the thought of all those plump pigeons in York's Parliament Street guzzling titbits of junk food from tourists put me off.
    • In retaliation I have just eaten a curry and I am now in the process of guzzling a large quantity of beer, that should beat it into submission.
    • She quickly handed out their drinks and watched them guzzle them down, in public they would never attempt to get away with such a thing.
    • Though there's no real scientific way of proving it, I'm convinced I warded off an attack of the flu by guzzling several pints of miso soup last spring.
    • Washington state campground officials find a bear passed out in the common area and discover that it had guzzled three dozen cans of beer.
    • This is not a whisky-tasters' guide and nor is it a tale of blokes guzzling top-shelf liquor at an English publisher's expense.
    • I seated myself across from him and watched as he guzzled it all down.
    • Last year, we guzzled our way through 440m litres of soft drinks, which works out at an average of one 330 ml can of fizzy drink per day for every person in the country.
    • I saw one guy guzzling a bottle of beer, another puffing happily on a joint.
    • About a mile on, where the beach runs out, the Greeks gather in a taverna to guzzle spit-roasted pork washed down with local beer.
    • We watch through our fingers as another convenience meal is nuked in the microwave, another can of fizzy pop is guzzled, another packet of crisps scoffed.
    • But if you see someone guzzling a sports or fruit drink, it is most likely because they're parched.
    • However, drinking tea requires elegance, not like guzzling beer.
    • The stereotype of the fat-cat golfer guzzling a beer and smoking a cigar is going up in flames as the next generation of the sport's athletes take their training to a new level.
    Synonyms
    gobble (up), gulp, bolt, wolf, devour, eat greedily, eat hungrily, cram oneself with, stuff oneself with, gourmandize on
    informal tuck into, put away, pack away, demolish, polish off, stuff one's face with, pig oneself on, murder, shovel down
    British informal scoff, shift

Derivatives

  • guzzler

  • noun ˈɡʌz(ə)ləˈɡəz(ə)lər
    informal
    • A person who eats or drinks something greedily.

      狂饮;滥吃

      he is a noted soft drink guzzler
      Example sentencesExamples
      • figurative smartphones and tablets are power guzzlers
      • Agriculture uses over 70 per cent of water, industrial use is growing and cities are becoming big water guzzlers.
      • For the first time New Zealand has got its pink act together and made a range of food-friendly wines with attitude rather than the wan wee guzzlers of the recent past.
      • Salt Lake earns glowing reviews these days from dog lovers, vegetarians, bookstore browsers, microbrew guzzlers, and especially recreationists.

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from Old French gosillier 'chatter, vomit', from gosier 'throat', from late Latin geusiae 'cheeks'.

Rhymes

muzzle, nuzzle, puzzle

Definition of guzzle in US English:

guzzle

verbˈɡəzəlˈɡəzəl
[with object]
  • Eat or drink (something) greedily.

    狂饮;滥吃

    figurative this car guzzles gas
    we guzzle our beer and devour our pizza
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We watch through our fingers as another convenience meal is nuked in the microwave, another can of fizzy pop is guzzled, another packet of crisps scoffed.
    • But if you see someone guzzling a sports or fruit drink, it is most likely because they're parched.
    • In retaliation I have just eaten a curry and I am now in the process of guzzling a large quantity of beer, that should beat it into submission.
    • About a mile on, where the beach runs out, the Greeks gather in a taverna to guzzle spit-roasted pork washed down with local beer.
    • The stereotype of the fat-cat golfer guzzling a beer and smoking a cigar is going up in flames as the next generation of the sport's athletes take their training to a new level.
    • He splashed some on his face and handed the container to Quinn, who also greedily guzzled the water down.
    • Taking out a beer, he popped it open and guzzled it down in one large gulp.
    • Washington state campground officials find a bear passed out in the common area and discover that it had guzzled three dozen cans of beer.
    • One describes how ill he felt when he mistook a large vat of gasoline for raspberry juice, guzzling the entire thing before making the realization.
    • However, drinking tea requires elegance, not like guzzling beer.
    • I seated myself across from him and watched as he guzzled it all down.
    • She quickly handed out their drinks and watched them guzzle them down, in public they would never attempt to get away with such a thing.
    • I gulp and quickly guzzle the contents of my glass, for a moment not caring that the contents may have contained alcohol.
    • A key attraction of hybrids, with oil prices averaging around US $50 a barrel, is that they sip gas rather than guzzle it.
    • Last year, we guzzled our way through 440m litres of soft drinks, which works out at an average of one 330 ml can of fizzy drink per day for every person in the country.
    • I was tempted by one of the specials, braised pigeon, but the thought of all those plump pigeons in York's Parliament Street guzzling titbits of junk food from tourists put me off.
    • Not that I've any issue with gaining the odd pound or two but since I'm guzzling beer and eating chips and chocolate all the time I guess things could only get worse.
    • I saw one guy guzzling a bottle of beer, another puffing happily on a joint.
    • Though there's no real scientific way of proving it, I'm convinced I warded off an attack of the flu by guzzling several pints of miso soup last spring.
    • This is not a whisky-tasters' guide and nor is it a tale of blokes guzzling top-shelf liquor at an English publisher's expense.
    Synonyms
    gobble, gobble up, gulp, bolt, wolf, devour, eat greedily, eat hungrily, cram oneself with, stuff oneself with, gourmandize on

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from Old French gosillier ‘chatter, vomit’, from gosier ‘throat’, from late Latin geusiae ‘cheeks’.

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