摘要：The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate. （一想到那些美味的食物，我就垂涎三尺。） [剑桥高级学者辞典]

动词salivate的含义是“口腔中分泌比平时更多的唾液”，这一般发生于看到、闻到，甚至想到食物时。 如

【例句1】Any dog will salivate when presented with food. （任何狗在吃东西时都会流口水。）[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句2】The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate. （一想到那些美味的食物，我就垂涎三尺。） [剑桥高级学者辞典]

更多时候，用它来比喻想得到自己渴盼的东西的急迫心情。被渴盼的东西前用介词over或at，如

【例句3】He was salivating over the thought of the million dollars. （一想到那一百万美元，他就垂涎三尺。） [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句4】Johnson was salivating over the millions he stood to make. （约翰逊对自己能挣到的数百万美元垂涎三尺。）[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句5】American companies were salivating at the juicy contracts for rebuilding Kuwait that were likely to come their way. （美国公司对可能到来的重建科威特的丰厚合同垂涎三尺。）[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句6】The media are salivating over the story. （媒体对这个故事垂涎三尺。）[朗文当代英语词典]

动词salivate源自名词saliva，后者来自古法语salive，或直接来自拉丁语saliva。

常用的同源词有：

saliva: n. 唾液;

salivate: vi. 垂涎，流口水;

salivary：adj. 唾液的;产生唾液的

salivation：n. 唾液分泌;分泌唾液；流涎症;

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