English Dictionary

engorge

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut. / (intransitive) To feed ravenously. / (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）むさぼり食べる、貪り喰らう / （自動詞）むさぼり食う、激しく食欲を示す / （病理学）特に血液などの体液で過度に満たす、充血する

The starving villagers engorge the roasted lamb, tearing at it with frantic hands.

飢えた村人たちは焼いた羊肉をむさぼり食べ、必死の手つきで引き裂いた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.

One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To feed ravenously.

Greedily she engorged without restraint

意味（3）

(pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.

engorges （ present singular third-person ）

engorging （ participle present ）

engorged （ participle past ）

engorged （ past ）