salivate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsæl.ɪ.veɪt]
- 美式音标 [ˈsæl.ə.veɪt]
- 国际音标 ['sæliveit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 使流涎；使过量分泌唾液
- vi. 分泌唾液；流口水
英汉例句
- They don't salivate at the thought of a great steak.
她们不会因为想到一块美味牛排而流口水。 - And we salivate each time we hear the beep or vibration of a new text message.
听到手机新短信的铃声或是震动就流口水，迫不及待要看看内容。 - INVESTORS may salivate over insurance prospects in the emerging markets of Indonesia, India and China, but the more mature Asian markets seem to have life in them yet.
投资者对印度尼西亚、印度及中国的保险业新兴市场前景垂涎三尺，但比较成熟的亚洲市场在他们看来也仍有利用空间。 - When a company becomes a headline risk situation, journalists and their copy desk colleagues salivate.
FORBES: Cramer, Soros And The Dumbing Down Of Financial Journalism - And analysts continue to salivate at the prospect of a tie-up with Dresdner Bank, a Frankfurt rival.
ECONOMIST: German banks - Debt at 100 percent of GDP makes gold bugs salivate and trading partners squeamish about holding our paper.
FORBES: Savvy Investors Survive Fed's Remorseless Abuse
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- to produce saliva
- When people or animals salivate, they produce a lot of saliva in their mouth, often as a result of seeing or smelling food.