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語源

From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate”), from saliva (“spittle”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsælɪveɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsæləveɪt/

動詞

salivate (third-person singular simple present salivates, present participle salivating, simple past and past participle salivated)

1. (intransitive) To produce saliva.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.

   He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for a while now.

関連する語

参考

• drool

Further reading

• “salivate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “salivate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “salivate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• aestival, availest, æstival