salivated

英 [ˈsælɪveɪtɪd]

美 [ˈsælɪveɪtɪd]

v.  (尤指看到或嗅到食物时)垂涎，流口水
salivate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (常指因见到或闻到食物而)分泌唾液，流口水，垂涎
  When people or animalssalivate, they produce a lot of saliva in their mouth, often as a result of seeing or smelling food.
  1. Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
     所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
• VERB 垂涎;渴望
  If you say that someoneis salivating oversomething such as the chance to make a lot of money, you are emphasizing that you disapprove of their pleasure or eagerness.
  1. Johnson was salivating over the millions he stood to make...
     约翰逊对快要到手的几百万垂涎欲滴。
  2. American companies were salivating at the juicy contracts for rebuilding Kuwait that were likely to come their way.
     重建科威特的合同利润丰厚，对于他们有望分得的那一杯羹，美国各公司都垂涎欲滴。

双语例句

• Scores of articles fretted over how the joint rise of "the Dragon" and "the Elephant" would challenge the West& or salivated over the countries 'massive markets.
  几十篇文章对“龙”“象”的联合崛起将怎样挑战西方国家表达了忧虑之情&或是大肆宣扬两个国家的巨大市场。
• We salivated when he described the great meal.
  当他描述那顿大餐时，我们都垂涎三尺。
• As an industry of big investment, production and big returns, Chinese newspaper industry with one billion readers approximately has been salivated by foreign investors for a long time.
  作为一个大投入、大产出、大回报的行业，外国投资商早已对拥有近十亿潜在读者群的中国报业垂涎三尺。