垂涎 meaning in English
(流口水, 比喻看到别人的好东西想得到) drool; slaver; covet; hanker after; gloat over [on; upon]: 它被收藏家们所垂涎。 it is coveted by collectors. 他垂涎于那份小小家产。 he was slavering after that small fortune
Examples
- It is coveted by collectors .
它被收藏家们所垂涎。 - It was these lush fields and rich cities that the tartars sought .
那里物产丰富，城市繁华，正是鞑靼垂涎的目标。 - She needn't have been uneasy on that account, for i never coveted anything that is yours .
她用不着因此担心，因为我从来不垂涎你所有的东西。 - Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts .
酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。 - Arbaces himself now resolved to exert all his arts to possess himself of that treasure he so burningly coveted .
这时，阿耳巴刻斯已决定要竭尽全力把他垂涎已久的宝贝弄到手。