单词详解 | drool

drool
音标
英音/ druːl / 美音/ druːl /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
“When he was born his mummy had no milk so we bottle fed him and whilst he was getting bottle fed, he was always sleepy and drooling, so we called him Sleepy,” Georgia explained.
“当他出生时,他的妈妈没有牛奶,所以我们用奶瓶喂养他,当他用奶瓶喂养时,他总是很困并且流口水,所以我们称他为困倦,”乔治亚解释道。
BBC

She tearfully recounted one particular incident in which he was so upset she “almost expected drool to be coming out of his mouth” and knew something was “terribly wrong”.
她泪流满面地讲述了一次特别的事件,当时他非常沮丧,她“几乎以为口水会从他嘴里流出来”,并且知道事情“非常不对劲”。
BBC

Bloodhounds typically grow to about 120 to 130 pounds, and they’re known for their spindly legs and jowls around their eyes, plus they drool — a lot.
寻血猎犬通常能长到120到130磅左右,它们以细长的腿和眼睛周围的下巴而闻名,而且它们会流口水——很多。
Washington Post

基本释意
noun
saliva spilling from the mouth
流口水;胡说

同义词
dribble,drivel,slobber,dribble,drivel,slabber,slaver,slobber,baloney,bilgewater,boloney,bosh,humbug,taradiddle,tarradiddle,tommyrot,tosh,twaddle,salivate

短释义
The official term for drool is saliva. Babies drool, dogs drool — we all drool sometimes. Sometimes people drool (or salivate) because of problems with their salivary glands. You might drool when you skip breakfast and your friend offers you a warm, homemade cinnamon roll. The word comes from drivel, which today means “speak nonsense,” but originally had the sense of “to slobber or run at the nose.”
当你闻到美味的东西时,嘴里形成的湿气就是口水。当它真正从你嘴里滴出来时,你会流口水。

长释义
The official term for drool is saliva. Babies drool, dogs drool — we all drool sometimes. Sometimes people drool (or salivate) because of problems with their salivary glands. You might drool when you skip breakfast and your friend offers you a warm, homemade cinnamon roll. The word comes from drivel, which today means “speak nonsense,” but originally had the sense of “to slobber or run at the nose.”
口水的官方术语是唾液。婴儿会流口水,狗也会流口水——我们有时都会流口水。有时,人们因为唾液腺问题而流口水(或流口水)。当你不吃早餐而你的朋友为你提供温暖的自制肉桂卷时,你可能会流口水。这个词来源于drivel,今天的意思是“胡说八道”,但最初的意思是“流口水或流鼻涕”。

文学例句
When she entered, the old woman was snoring loudly, mouth agape and a slight trail of drool beginning to trickle from the side.
当她进来的时候,老太婆正张着嘴,鼾声大作,旁边还流下了一丝口水。
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland

The dog’s drooling jaws are just a foot away.
狗流着口水的下巴就在一英尺之外。
Invisible Inkling by Emily Jenkins

Mattie wiped Fern’s baby drool off my hand with the corner of her dress.
玛蒂用裙角擦掉我手上弗恩婴儿的口水。
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

词源
drool (v.)”drivel, slobber, drip saliva, as an infant does,” 1802, drule, apparently a dialectal variant or contraction of drivel. Related: Drooled; drooling. The noun is from 1869.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
drool (v.)“胡言乱语、口水、滴唾液,就像婴儿那样”,1802 年,drule,显然是胡言乱语的方言变体或缩写。相关:流口水;流口水了。该名词来自 1869 年。相关条目及更多


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