guzzle
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. 狼吞虎咽[非正式]
Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade. 梅麗莎狂飲杜松子酒和奎甯水調的飲品,就像喝檸檬水一樣。
2. V-T If you say that a vehicle guzzles fuel, you mean that it uses a lot of it in a way that is wasteful and unnecessary. (汽車)費油→see also gas guzzler
The plane was deafeningly noisy, guzzled fuel, and left a trail of smoke. 這架飛機噪音震耳,費油,還畱下一屁股菸霧。
3. -guzzlingCOMB in ADJ [ADJ n]
The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars. 20世紀80年代的經濟繁榮導致了對高油耗汽車的喜愛。
...big, energy-guzzling houses. ...大的、浪費能源的房屋。
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