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

• You know, your father used to salivate over my meals.
  你知道的，你老爸一直对我做的菜垂涎三尺。
• Only if it makes you salivate with desire.
  只有当这让你渴望到”垂涎“的时候；
• Don't just salivate, come buy some taffy now.
  别光会流口水，快买些太妃糖吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I salivate over your beauty, sugar.
  宝贝儿我对你的美色垂涎三尺。
• 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。
• Foreign private equity firms salivate at the prospects offered by the Chinese growth story.
  外国私人股本公司垂涎中国增长故事所呈现的机遇。