gulp• Mandy read the testquestions and gulped.• The nine-member group gulped, almost in unison.• Moray eelssquirm right to the water's edge and greedily gulp down the feast.• Then the foxtossed his head and gulped down the Gingerbread Man.• The first he gulped down; the second, savored.• The springer spaniels, who gulp down what the children leave, will probably outlive next door's parrot.• She gulped for breath, her eyes only inches from his.• Steve swam up to the surface and gulped in air.• It seemed to parch his mouth as he gulped it down.• He seemed to gulp the air before speaking, like the fish his complexion called to her mind.
gulp2 noun [countableC]
1DRINKa large amount of something that you swallow quickly, or the action of swallowing 一大口;吞咽
gulp of
He took a huge gulp of brandy.
他喝了一大口白兰地。
in one gulp/at a gulp
Charlie drank the whisky in one gulp.
查理一口就把威士忌喝了。
2a large amount of air that you breathe in quickly 一大口空气
took ... gulp• Peachshuddered, and took a gulp of her milk.• She took the doublewhisky he offered her and greedily took a gulp.• He always laughed noiselessly, his jawsnapping up and down as he took in great gulps of air.• Finally he took a desperate gulp of air, then another, then broke into an enormous sob.• He took a gulp and handed his cup to her.• Helen took a gulp of tea, and felt herself begin to rally.• I took a grateful gulp of the champagne and looked round.• Turning was in the air and Taylor, as usual, took great heaving gulps of it.
Origingulp1
(1400-1500) Probably from Middle Dutchgulpen“to swallow”