engorge
英 [ɪn'gɔːdʒ; en-]
美 [ɪn'ɡɔrdʒ]
- vt. 大吃；使充血；狼吞虎咽
- vi. 大吃；充血
engorge 使充血en-, 进入，使。gorge, 吞没，吞食。引申义充血。
- engorge (v.)
- 1510s, "fill to excess," from French engorger "to obstruct, block, congest," Old French engorgier "to swallow, devour," from en- (see en- (1)) + gorge "throat" (see gorge (n.)). Probably originally in reference to hawks. Related: Engorged; engorging.
