guzzle

verb
🔊/ˈɡʌzl/
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[transitive, intransitive] (informal, usually disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they guzzle
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he / she / it guzzles
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past simple guzzled
🔊/ˈɡʌzld/
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past participle guzzled
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-ing form guzzling
🔊/ˈɡʌzlɪŋ/
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  1. guzzle (something) to drink something quickly and in large amounts. In British English it also means to eat food quickly and in large amounts.狂饮;猛喝;暴饮;(英式英语)狼吞虎咽
    • The kids seem to be guzzling soft drinks all day.孩子们似乎整天都在猛喝汽水。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) My car guzzles fuel.我的汽车很耗油。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2, Drinksc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGuzzle is used with these nouns as the object:
    • beer
    • gasoline
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps from Old French gosillier ‘chatter, vomit’, from gosier ‘throat’, from late Latin geusiae ‘cheeks’.