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gorge

noun
🔊/ɡɔːdʒ/
🔊/ɡɔːrdʒ/
Idioms
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  1. a deep narrow valley with steep sides峡；峡谷
     synonym canyon
    • the Rhine Gorge莱茵峡谷
    Extra Examples
    • Cheddar Gorge切德大峡谷
    • This is an area of spectacular gorges and jagged cliffs.这个地区峡谷壮观，峭壁嶙峋。
    Topics Geographyc1
    Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
Idioms
somebody’s gorge rises
  1. (formal) somebody feels so angry about something that they feel physically sick感到烦心（或厌恶）；作呕

gorge

verb
🔊/ɡɔːdʒ/
🔊/ɡɔːrdʒ/
 [transitive, intransitive] (sometimes disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gorge
🔊/ɡɔːdʒ/
🔊/ɡɔːrdʒ/
he / she / it gorges
🔊/ˈɡɔːdʒɪz/
🔊/ˈɡɔːrdʒɪz/
past simple gorged
🔊/ɡɔːdʒd/
🔊/ɡɔːrdʒd/
past participle gorged
🔊/ɡɔːdʒd/
🔊/ɡɔːrdʒd/
-ing form gorging
🔊/ˈɡɔːdʒɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡɔːrdʒɪŋ/
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  1. gorge (yourself) (on something) to eat a lot of something, until you are too full to eat any more贪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽Topics Feelingsc2 synonym stuff (4)
    Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.