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drool

verb
🔊/druːl/
🔊/druːl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drool
🔊/druːl/
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he / she / it drools
🔊/druːlz/
🔊/druːlz/
past simple drooled
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past participle drooled
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-ing form drooling
🔊/ˈdruːlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈdruːlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to let saliva (= liquid) come out of your mouth 垂涎；淌口水synonym dribble
    • The dog was drooling at the mouth.狗嘴里淌着口水。🔊🔊
    • Babies drool a lot when they are teething.宝宝长牙的时候爱流口水。
  2. [intransitive] drool (over somebody/something) (disapproving) to show in a silly or exaggerated way that you want or admire somebody/something very much（对…）垂涎欲滴，过分痴迷
    • teenagers drooling over photos of movie stars对电影明星照片如痴如醉的青少年
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: contraction of drivel.