"gobble down" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 狼吞虎嚥

Definition

以非常快的速度喫東西，通常是因為很餓或趕時間，往往沒細嚼慢嚥。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式用語，通常帶有喫相不太好的意思，常用來形容人喫得很快。有時帶點責備或驚訝，比單純的『喫快』語氣更重。

Examples

He gobbled down his breakfast before school.

他上學前**狼吞虎嚥**地喫完了早餐。

Don’t gobble down your food or you might get a stomachache.

別**狼吞虎嚥**地喫飯，否則會肚子痛。

The children gobbled down their ice cream.

孩子們把冰淇淋**狼吞虎嚥**地喫光了。

I was so hungry I gobbled down two burgers in five minutes.

我太餓了，五分鐘內**狼吞虎嚥**地喫了兩個漢堡。

She didn’t even taste the soup—she just gobbled it down.

她根本沒品嚐湯，只是**狼吞虎嚥**地喝掉了。

Slow down—you always gobble down your lunch!

慢點喫—你總是**狼吞虎嚥**地喫午餐！