salivate
/ˈsælɪveɪt/verb
no obj.
1- secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food（尤指想吃东西时）流涎, 分泌唾液。
1.1
- figurative display great relish at the sight or prospect of something〈喻〉垂涎, 渴望：
I was fairly salivating at the prospect of a $10 million loan.
我非常渴望得到那笔1,000万美元的贷款。
1.2
- with obj. technical cause (a person or animal) to produce an unusually copious secretion of saliva〈技〉使（人, 动物）流涎过多, 使过量分泌唾液。
派生词
salivation
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin salivat- '(having) produced saliva', from the verb salivare, from saliva （see SALIVA）.