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English translation for "垂涎"

[ chuíxián ] 
(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

Related Translations:
染指垂涎:  dip one's finger and water for sth.; be covetous; try to get a coveted share of what is not one's due
令人垂涎:  make sb.'s mouth water
使某人垂涎:  make sb.’s mouth water
一见垂涎:  at the sight of... one's mouth started watering
垂涎已久:  have coveted sth. for a long time
使人垂涎:  to make one's mouth water
使我垂涎:  make my mouth watermakes my mouth water
令人垂涎的:  mouthwatering
令人垂涎的市场:  the most coveted and largest markets in the world
它被收藏家们所垂涎:  it is coveted by collectors
Example Sentences:
1.It is coveted by collectors .
它被收藏家们所垂涎
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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。
6.His principles forbade him to pay attention to a girl if he thought any man was present whom it might suit her to marry .
他的操守不允许他去垂涎一个姑娘,要是他认为有一个适合她下嫁的男人在场的话。
7.The smell from the kitchen made my mouth water
厨房里飘来的香味使我垂涎
8.The smell of chou dofu makes your mouth water
臭豆腐的味道令你垂涎
9.It is the kind of tv news coverage every president covets
所有总统都垂涎这类电视新闻报导。
10.This jaguar you so pinheadediy covet -
你这么垂涎的这部“美洲虎”
Similar Words:
"垂下式养殖" English translation, "垂下天线" English translation, "垂下头" English translation, "垂下物" English translation, "垂下眼睛" English translation, "垂涎三尺" English translation, "垂涎已久" English translation, "垂涎欲滴" English translation, "垂涎欲滴品奶酪" English translation, "垂线" English translation