"salivating" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 流口水

Definition

流口水指的是看到、聞到或想到美食時分泌口水。也可以用來形容非常渴望或期待某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

既可用作字面意思（見到食物流口水），也可作比喻表示對某事物強烈渴望。常用於口語和描述性場合，例如“salivating over”。

Examples

The dog is salivating at the smell of steak.

狗聞到牛排味時正在**流口水**。

I started salivating when I saw the chocolate cake.

看到巧克力蛋糕時我開始**流口水**了。

Babies often start salivating when they are hungry.

嬰兒餓的時候常常會**流口水**。

I was literally salivating over the idea of fresh pizza after such a long day.

這麼累一天後，光是想到現烤比薩就已經在**流口水**了。

Investors are salivating at the chance to buy shares in the new tech company.

投資者見到有機會購買這家新科技公司的股票都在**流口水**。

Just thinking about vacation is enough to get me salivating.

光是想想假期就讓我**流口水**了。