One way to hold this word: something was shut in, and then it gives way. A pipe cracks, a lid lifts, a person finally opens their mouth — and it all comes out at once, big and fast and hard to stop. The word even sounds like it. Whatever is pouring can change: water, steam, praise, held-back worry. The burst never changes.
From the word’s history
From Middle English guschen, perhaps from Middle Dutch guysen or Old Norse gusa, and ultimately imitative — the word copies the sound of liquid rushing out. Related to gust.
從中古英語 guschen 來的,可能與中古荷蘭語 guysen 或古諾斯語 gusa 有關,來源上是個擬聲字——它模仿的就是水衝出來的那個聲響,跟 gust(一陣強風)是親戚。所以這個字的核心畫面不是從比喻來的,而是從聲音來的:先有那個聲音,才有後面所有的用法。
Wiktionary, entry 'gush' (noun and verb share this etymology), packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:726944496
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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gushnoun/ˈɡʌʃ/
- 1
A sudden rapid outflow.
- There was a cartoon woman in an apron on the front. She stood with one hand on her hip while she used the other hand to pour a gush of drain-cleaner into something that was either an industrial sink or Orson Welles's bidet.
gushverb/ˈɡʌʃ/
- 1
To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- Water gushed out of the broken pipe.
- After he was stabbed, blood came gushing out his throat.
- 2
To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
- The other was no longer capable of controlling his anger; his parasite creature amplified his passion by ten; his jaws cracked open and his great mouth gushed blood from torn gums as teeth grew out of them like bone sickles.
- A beautiful spring gushed water from the ground in this mountainous sector of Polk County, inspiring the name of the place.
- 3
To ejaculate during orgasm.
- Her orgasm exploded over her, making her writhe and cry out his name. She gushed over his hand, her cunt gripping and releasing his invading fingers.
- Somehow, this made his ejaculations all the more exciting, sending hot tingles streaking through her as he gushed.
- 4
To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
- The young mother was gushing over a baby.
- Miss Johnson gushed approval with her usual air of coquettish superiority.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。