glutton
英['gl?t(?)n]
美['ɡl?tn]
- n. 酷愛…的人；貪吃的人
詞態變化
復數:?gluttons;形容詞:?gluttonous;
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音：哥狼吞
中文詞源
glutton 暴食，饕餮
來自PIE*gwele, 喉嚨，吞食，詞源同gullet.
英文詞源
- glutton
- glutton: [13] Indo-European *gel- produced a wide range of descendants in the general semantic area ‘swallow’, among them Latin gula ‘throat’ and its offspring French gueule ‘mouth’ and English gullet; German kehle ‘throat’; and Latin gluttīre ‘swallow’, which was probably the ultimate source of English glut [14]. Another was Latin gluttō ‘overeater’, which English acquired via Old French gluton.
=> glut, gullet - glutton (n.)
- "one who eats and drinks to excess," early 13c., from Old French gloton "glutton;" also "scoundrel," a general term of abuse (Modern French glouton), from Latin gluttonem (nominative glutto) "overeater," formed from gluttire "to swallow," from gula "throat," from PIE *gwele- (3) "to swallow" (see glut (v.)). General sense in reference to one who indulges in anything to excess is from 1704. Glutton for punishment is from pugilism; the phrase is from 1854, but the idea is older:
Thus, Theocritus, in his Milling-match, calls Amycus "a glutton," which is well known to be the classical phrase at Moulsey-Hurst, for one who, like Amycus, takes a deal of punishment before he is satisfied. [Tom Moore, "Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress," 1819]
雙語例句
- 1. Ivy must be a glutton for punishment.
- 艾維一定是個不怕吃苦的家伙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was a glutton for hard work.
- 他是個吃苦耐勞的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She's a glutton for work . She stays late every evening.
- 她是個工作狂,每天都很晚才下班.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I can't control my eating. It's hard when people don't understand and call you a glutton.
- 我無法克制自己的食欲，當人們不理解而叫我貪吃鬼的時候心里別提有多難受了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You're going to drive all the way to London and back in a day? You're a glutton for punishment, aren't you ?
- 你打算一路開車到倫敦,一天就跑個來回? 你真不怕吃苦, 不是 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》