salivate

verb

1. （尤指看到或嗅到食物时）垂涎，流口水
   to produce more saliva in your mouth than usual, especially when you see or smell food
   1. He was salivating over the thought of the million dollars.
      想到那一百万元，他垂涎欲滴。

1. VERB (常指因见到或闻到食物而)分泌唾液，流口水，垂涎
   When people or animals salivate, they produce a lot of saliva in their mouth, often as a result of seeing or smelling food.
   1. Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
      所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
2. VERB 垂涎;渴望
   If you say that someone is salivating over something such as the chance to make a lot of money, you are emphasizing that you disapprove of their pleasure or eagerness.
   1. Johnson was salivating over the millions he stood to make...
      约翰逊对快要到手的几百万垂涎欲滴。
   2. American companies were salivating at the juicy contracts for rebuilding Kuwait that were likely to come their way.
      重建科威特的合同利润丰厚，对于他们有望分得的那一杯羹，美国各公司都垂涎欲滴。

1. Any dog will salivate when presented with food.
   所有狗看到食物都会流口水。
2. Johnson was salivating over the millions he stood to make
   约翰逊对快要到手的几百万垂涎欲滴。
3. American companies were salivating at the juicy contracts for rebuilding Kuwait that were likely to come their way.
   重建科威特的合同利润丰厚，对于他们有望分得的那一杯羹，美国各公司都垂涎欲滴。
4. Fans of the Strategy pattern will likely have already started to salivate uncontrollably.
   Strategy模式的粉丝们可能已经开始唾沫横飞了。
5. Pleasant food aromas stimulate an involuntary physiological reaction: the mouth will salivate and the stomach will contract, mimicking hunger pangs, she says.
   她说：令人愉悦的食物的香味会刺激不自觉的生理反应：嘴里分泌唾液、胃部收缩，模仿出饥饿感。
6. A$ 20 billion number would make any investor salivate, but when divided between buybacks and dividends, it's pocket change compared to the share repurchase announcements other companies have made in 2014.
   200亿美元的数额会让任何一位投资垂涎，但这笔钱需要在回购和派息之间进行分配。与2014年其他公司宣布的股票回购相比，这笔钱只能算是零花钱。
7. Lesson: Employers salivate over perfect fit candidates.
   经验：招聘者们都对完美适合的求职者求贤若渴。
8. The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate.
   想起那些美味佳肴使我流涎。
9. You know, your father used to salivate over my meals.
   你知道的，你老爸一直对我做的菜垂涎三尺。
10. Selling cars to the bicycling masses of China is a prospect to make any carmaker salivate.
    向绝大多数以自行车代步的中国人卖车的美好前景，足以让任何一家汽车制造商垂涎三尺。
11. Only if it makes you salivate with desire.
    只有当这让你渴望到”垂涎“的时候；
12. A new study suggests that obese people have a different physiological response to food: they continue to salivate longer in response to a new taste than do people of normal weight.
    一项新的研究表明，肥胖的人与正常体重的人对食物有不同的生理学反应，他们品尝新味道的食物分泌唾液的时间更长。
13. Many countries in the region offer trends that make bankers salivate: savings rates among the highest in the world, growing use of credit cards and, in commercial banking, family-controlled companies hungry for capital to expand.
    东南亚地区很多国家表现出了许多令银行家们垂涎不已的趋势：储蓄率为全球最高，信用卡使用量不断增加；在商业银行业务方面，家族控股企业急需资金进行业务扩张。
14. Foreign private equity firms salivate at the prospects offered by the Chinese growth story.
    外国私人股本公司垂涎中国增长故事所呈现的机遇。
15. This dog one but walk out of a door, do not identify the home, loaf about everywhere, the cry is hoarse, chin below paralytic, salivate.
    该犬一但走出家门，不认家，四处游荡，叫声嘶哑，下颔麻痹，流涎。
16. Red made us salivate at the fresh and limpid cherries, bright and delicate roses, and juice-abundant melon flesh.
    晶莹剔透的樱桃，鲜艳欲滴的玫瑰，汁水丰盈的瓜瓤，红色让我们垂涎。
17. I salivate over your beauty, sugar.
    宝贝儿我对你的美色垂涎三尺。
18. Chewing gum makes you salivate if your mouth is dry and causing bad breath.
    如果你感到口干和有口臭时，嚼口香糖可促使唾液的分泌。
19. Just as Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a bell, the activities we associate with food can become signals to eat.
    正如巴甫洛夫的狗一听到铃就分泌唾液，人遇上和某些食品有关的活动就会想到吃。
20. Sourness feels sharp and may cause the mouth to pucker and salivate;
    酸味会有尖锐的感觉且可能导致口腔皱缩和流口水；
21. Don't just salivate, come buy some taffy now.
    别光会流口水，快买些太妃糖吧。
22. Conclusions The main risk factors of nosocomial infection of inpatients with psychopathy are long course of disease, frequency of hospitalization, long time of stay-in hospital, side effect of drugs ( salivate) and self-care ability.
    结论病程长短、住院次数、住院时间、药物副反应（流涎）及自我照顾能力为医院感染发生的相关因素。

verb

1. produce saliva
   1. We salivated when he described the great meal

2. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
   1. She was salivating over the raise she anticipated

   Synonym:    drool