gob

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gob1 /ɡɒb $ ɡɑːb/ noun [countableC] informal

1 British EnglishBrEHBBODY an impolite word for someone’s mouth 嘴〔不礼貌用语〕

Jean told him to shut his gob.

琼叫他闭嘴。

She’s always stuffing her gob with food.

她总在往嘴里塞吃的。

2 LIQUIDa mass of something wet and sticky 〔黏湿物质的〕一块，一团

gob of

There’s a gob of gum on my chair.

我的椅子上有一团口香糖。

3 gobs informal American EnglishAmELOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a large amount of something 大量

gobs of

gobs of money

许多钱

Examples from the Corpus

gob of• All at once it began to rain, drops large as gobs of spit.• But there are great gobs of money to be made, and this municipality needs all of it.• Other great sections of the entity hung almost loose, huge gobs of spittle on glassy strands.• These all required expensive hardware, and ate up huge gobs of memory.• Where I come from, many people have such incredible gobs of money.• It needed gobs of honey or molasses along with a big wad of butter to create the illusion of good eating.• The scars jumped out at her, even under gobs of makeup.• My voice is like sandpaper, I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.

Examples from the Corpus

gob• It was so right for Darla to be the one who got a gob in her hand.• But there are great gobs of money to be made, and this municipality needs all of it.• But the smile wasn't the only thing on her gob, was it?• These all required expensive hardware, and ate up huge gobs of memory.• He propelled a prodigious gob of spit toward the window of the van.• The sauce from Mr Bishop's tomato ketchup bottles had been emptied out in great red gobs or smeared over the cupboards.• Sticks of nothing in your gob.

gob of• There's a gob of gum on my chair.• The Johnsons must have gobs of money.