gobbling
用法要点
句型搭配
常用于进行时态，描述正在发生的快速进食或消耗行为，如 be gobbling up/down。
介词用法
常与 up 或 down 连用，强调完全或快速地吞食；也可与 away 搭配表示持续消耗。
语域说明
多用于非正式或口语场景，描述吃相粗鲁或急切；在比喻用法中可用于较正式语境，如商业报告。
基础例句
The children were gobbling their ice cream before it melted.
孩子们在冰淇淋融化前狼吞虎咽地吃着。
I heard a turkey gobbling in the farmyard this morning.
今天早上我听到火鸡在农院里咯咯叫。
Stop gobbling your dinner so fast—you'll get a stomachache!
别吃这么快，你会胃疼的！
高级例句
The new software is gobbling up system resources, causing slowdowns.
新软件正在快速消耗系统资源，导致运行变慢。
In the business report, they noted that inflation is gobbling away at consumer savings.
商业报告中指出，通货膨胀正在侵蚀消费者的储蓄。
The research shows that large corporations are gobbling up smaller competitors in the market.
研究显示，大公司正在市场上吞并较小的竞争对手。
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常见错误
gobbling 通常用于描述快速进食或消耗，不适用于读书等非消耗性行为；应改为与食物或资源搭配。
gobbling 本身隐含快速之意，与 slowly 矛盾；描述慢速进食时，应使用更中性的词如 ate。
近义词辨析
devouring
devouring 更强调贪婪或急切地吞食，常用于比喻强烈欲望，而 gobbling 更侧重快速和嘈杂的吃相。
Gobbling implies noisy haste (e.g., gobbling snacks), while devouring suggests intense consumption (e.g., devouring a novel).
consuming
consuming 是更通用的词，指使用或耗尽资源，语气中性；gobbling 则带有非正式色彩，强调快速和浪费感。
Consuming resources is a technical term (e.g., energy consuming), whereas gobbling them up sounds more informal and urgent.