gobble
US
UK gobble [sth] vtr: (eat hungrily)
SC 狼吞虎咽地吃 láng tūn hǔ yàn de chī
The cats gobbled the chicken liver hungrily.
猫狼吞虎咽地吃完了鸡肝。
gobble vi: (turkey: make throaty sound) (火鸡)
SC 咯咯叫 gē gē jiào
We could hear the turkeys gobbling in the farmyard.
gobble n: (throaty sound made by a turkey)
SC 火鸡咯咯的叫声
The barn was quiet except for the turkey's gobble.
gobble [sth] down vtr phrasal sep: informal (eat hungrily)
SC 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
TC 狼吞虎嚥
TC 狼吞虎嚥
They gobbled down their dinner.
gobble [sth] up, gobble up [sth] vtr phrasal sep: informal (eat hungrily)
SC 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
TC 狼吞虎嚥
TC 狼吞虎嚥
SC 大口地吃 láng tūn hǔ yàn ，dà kǒu de chī
The way he gobbled up all that food, you would think he hadn't eaten for days.
gobble [sth] up, gobble up [sth] vtr phrasal sep: informal, figurative (use up rapidly)
SC 吞耗
SC 吞噬 tūn shì
The main problem with the program is that it gobbles up memory by the megabyte.