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

• Don't just salivate, come buy some taffy now.
  别光会流口水，快买些太妃糖吧。
• Selling cars to the bicycling masses of China is a prospect to make any carmaker salivate.
  向绝大多数以自行车代步的中国人卖车的美好前景，足以让任何一家汽车制造商垂涎三尺。
• 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。
• Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
  所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
• Red made us salivate at the fresh and limpid cherries, bright and delicate roses, and juice-abundant melon flesh.
  晶莹剔透的樱桃，鲜艳欲滴的玫瑰，汁水丰盈的瓜瓤，红色让我们垂涎。
• 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。
• Chewing gum makes you salivate if your mouth is dry and causing bad breath.
  如果你感到口干和有口臭时，嚼口香糖可促使唾液的分泌。
• Only if it makes you salivate with desire.
  只有当这让你渴望到”垂涎“的时候；
• Pleasant food aromas stimulate an involuntary physiological reaction: the mouth will salivate and the stomach will contract, mimicking hunger pangs, she says.
  她说：令人愉悦的食物的香味会刺激不自觉的生理反应：嘴里分泌唾液、胃部收缩，模仿出饥饿感。
• 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。