這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 狼吞虎嚥 · (火雞)咯咯叫

1

gobble

v

核心畫面

You can picture a mouth taking one big load of food after another, hardly stopping in between. Speed and bulk are in front; chewing has been pushed out of the way.

可以想成一張嘴一大口接一大口,中間幾乎沒有停下來。食物進去的速度比咀嚼快,所以看起來又急又貪。這個「停不下來的大口」更多收起可以想成一張嘴一大口接一大口,中間幾乎沒有停下來。食物進去的速度比咀嚼快,所以看起來又急又貪。這個「停不下來的大口」就是這條路線上所有用法的起點。

From the word’s history

Traced to Middle English gobben, to swallow greedily, plus the -le ending that marks something done over and over. The repeated big swallow is exactly the modern picture.

可以追到中古英語的 gobben(大口吞嚥),加上表示「重複做」的 -le。一口接一口地吞,正好就是今天這個字的畫面。再往前的來源,來源本身標為不確定。

Wiktionary, gobble (etymology 1), supplied in this evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:800249808)

A second word, same spelling

2

gobble

v/n

核心畫面

Here the word is the noise. You can think of the rolling, bubbling call a turkey throws out across a yard, and the word is simply that sound written down.

這一條路線上的 gobble,可以想成就是那個聲音本身。火雞在院子裡拉開喉嚨叫的那串咕嚕聲,英文把它寫成字,就成了這更多收起這一條路線上的 gobble,可以想成就是那個聲音本身。火雞在院子裡拉開喉嚨叫的那串咕嚕聲,英文把它寫成字,就成了這個詞。所以不管當動詞還是名詞,中心都只是那一聲。

From the word’s history

The source says plainly that this gobble imitates the sound of a turkey, so the sound came first and the word was shaped to fit it.

來源直接說這個 gobble 是在模仿火雞的叫聲:先有聲音,字才照著聲音做出來。這也是它跟「狼吞虎嚥」那個 gobble 只是長得像、其實沒關係的原因。

Wiktionary, gobble (etymology 2), supplied in this evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:800268505)