gob

noun

/ɡɒb/

/ɡɑːb/

(slang)

(British English) a rude way of referring to a person’s mouth嘴（粗俗说法）
- Shut your gob! (= a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet)闭嘴！
a small amount of a thick wet substance少许（黏湿的物质）
- Gobs of spittle ran down his chin.一滴滴口水顺着他的下巴往下流。
[usually plural] (North American English) a large amount of something大量
- great gobs of cash大量现金

词源noun sense 1 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gob ‘beak, mouth’. noun senses 2 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.

gob

verb

/ɡɒb/

/ɡɑːb/

[intransitive] (British English, slang)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they gob	/ɡɒb/ /ɡɑːb/
he / she / it gobs	/ɡɒbz/ /ɡɑːbz/
past simple gobbed	/ɡɒbd/ /ɡɑːbd/
past participle gobbed	/ɡɒbd/ /ɡɑːbd/
-ing form gobbing	/ˈɡɒbɪŋ/ /ˈɡɑːbɪŋ/

to blow saliva out of your mouth吐，啐（唾液） synonym spit
词源verb late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.