| 短语 | gobble sth ↔ up |
| 释义 | gobble sth ↔ up informal1. if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it吞并〔较小的公司〕:•Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.法国航空公司吞并了它在法国的两个主要竞争对手 — 内陆航空公司和 UTA 航空公司。2. to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land很快消耗掉〔钱、土地等〕:•Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.通货膨胀抵消了我们工资的增长。3. to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or GREEDY way狼吞虎咽地吃:•We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.我们一晚上就把蛋糕全部吃了。 |
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