gobble downとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

gobble down (third-person singular simple present gobbles down, present participle gobbling down, simple past and past participle gobbled down)

1. Synonym of gobble up.
   • 1995 August 6, Geraldine Baum, quoting Michael Jacobson, “Do They Enjoy Really Being Dinner Party Don’t-Invite-’ems? […]”, in Los Angeles Times‎, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2025:

     The average person kind of just gobbles down the same dozen meals and doesn’t really think much about food.

   • 2012 January 8, Helen McCrory, “My Perfect Sunday: Helen McCrory”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 January 2012:

     The first of these would be a big Canadian breakfast of pancakes with smoked bacon and maple syrup, which we’d gobble down before piling out of the house.

   • 2019 December 3, Anahad O’Connor, “Fake Meat vs. Real Meat”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 December 2019:

     Millennials are gobbling down plant-based burgers, prompting meat producers to question the health benefits of “ultra-processed imitations.”