salivate
salivate
[ˈsalɪveɪt]
verb
[no obj.]
salivation
noun
语源
[ˈsalɪveɪt]
verb
[no obj.]
- secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food
（尤指想吃东西时）流涎，分泌唾液
■(figurative)display great relish at the sight or prospect of something
(喻)垂涎，渴望
I was fairly salivating at the prospect of a $10 million loan.
我非常渴望得到那笔1,000万美元的贷款。
■[with obj.](technical)cause (a person or animal) to produce an unusually copious secretion of saliva
(技)使（人，动物）流涎过多，使过量分泌唾液
salivation
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent.: from Latin salivat- ('having) produced saliva', from the verb salivare, from saliva (see saliva)
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