salivating v. 流涎,分泌唾液,流口水;垂涎,渴望;使过量分泌唾液(salivate 的现在分词)
- Slowly I raised it andprepared to slip it around his throat and choke the breath of life outof the salivating four-eyed pygmy .
我慢慢地举起腰带,准备悄悄在他的喉咙周围卷上一圈,让这个唾液分泌过多的四眼侏儒窒息死亡。 - Yet even investment bankers, who are salivating at the prospect of the fees they may earn, are not sure if this spike is the real deal.
可是即使投资银行家对并购可能挣得的利益垂涎三尺,他们仍不确定并购是否一定会发生。 - And how many of you are salivating right now?
现在你们有多少开始流口水了?
Salivate \Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salivated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Salivating}.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to
salivate. See {Saliva}.]
To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce
salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.
v. i.
1. To produce saliva, esp. in excess.
2. To drool.
3. (Fig.) To anticipate keenly with pleasure, as though
salivating at the expectation of a delicious meal. Used
often with over.; as, salivate over the prospects of high
profits from an enterprise.
Note: Probably influenced by the experiments of Pavlov, who
trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by
previously ringing the bell immediately prior to
feeding them.