[VERB 动词]狂饮;暴食;狼吞虎咽 If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily.
[V n]
[Also V]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade.
梅利莎像喝柠檬汽水一样大口地喝着加奎宁水的杜松子酒。
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[VERB 动词]大量消耗(汽油);浪费 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.
[V n]
The plane was deafeningly noisy, guzzled fuel, and left a trail of smoke.
这架飞机发出震耳欲聋的噪音,耗油量大,而且留下一路烟迹。
-guzzling
See also:
gas guzzler
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The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.
20世纪80年代的经济繁荣使人们喜欢上高油耗的汽车。
...big energy-guzzling houses.
高能耗的大房子
Oxford
guz·zle/ˈɡʌzl; NAmEˈɡʌzl/verb[transitive , intransitive ]guzzle(sth) ( informal,usually disapproving) to drink sth quickly and in large amounts. In British English it also means to eat food quickly and in large amounts. 狂饮;猛喝;暴饮;(英式英语)狼吞虎咽◆The kids seem to be guzzling soft drinks all day.孩子们似乎整天都在猛喝汽水。◆( figurative) My car guzzles fuel.我的汽车很耗油。guzzleguzzlesguzzledguzzlingguz·zle/ˈɡʌzl; NAmEˈɡʌzl/
1to eat or drink a lot of something, eagerly and quickly – usually showing disapproval → scoff: They’ve been guzzling beer all evening.2if a vehicle guzzles petrol, it uses a lot of it in a wasteful way →
gas-guzzler
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