engorge
- IPA[ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ]
英式
- cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid;eat to excess
verb: engorge, 3rd person present: engorges, gerund or present participle: engorging, past tense: engorged, past participle: engorged
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid the river was engorged by a day-long deluge
- 2. archaic eat to excess you touch not one dish, leaving them afterwards for your servants to engorge themselves therewith
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- IPA[inˈɡôrj]
美式
- cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid: the river was engorged by a day-long deluge
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