wolf down

 

wolf down

 

wolf down: to eat something very quickly or ravenously

직역하면 “무엇인가를 아주 빨리 또는 게걸스럽게 먹다”입니다.

영한사전을 보시면 “게걸스럽게 먹다” 또는 “허겁지겁 먹다”입니다.

(Source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wolf+down & https://en.dict.naver.com/)

 

Below are example sentences of “wolf down.”

아래는 “wolf down”의 예문들입니다.

 

I don't have time for breakfast here, so I'll just wolf something down at the airport after I check in.

내가 여기서는 아침을 먹을 시간이 없으니, 공항에서 탑승 수속을 한 뒤에

무언가를 게걸스럽게 먹을 거야.

(Source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wolf+down)  

 

I couldn't believe he didn't have a massive stomachache

after he decided to wolf down those five chalupas from Taco Bell.

그가 타코벨에서 찰루파 5개를 게걸스럽게 먹기로 결심한 후

심한 복통을 앓지 않았다는 걸 나는 믿을 수가 없다.    

(Source: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wolf%20down)

 

Mom was right: Don't wolf down your dinner

어머니가 옳으셨어요: 저녁을 허겁지겁 먹지 마세요.

(Source: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/mom-was-right-dont-wolf-down-your-dinner)

 

So what causes dogs to wolf down their food like this?

Often, it can be because a dog is from a large litter, and had to fight its siblings in order to eat.

그렇다면 무엇이 개들로 하여금 이렇게 음식을 허겁지겁 먹도록 하는가?

흔히, 이것은 개가 어미가 한배에서 낳은 새끼들이 많아서 음식을 먹으려면

형제들과 싸워야만 했기 때문일 수 있다.

(Source: https://www.viovet.co.uk/blog/p1350-How-to-deal-with-dogs-that-wolf-down-their-food)

 

Johnson arrived late and, waving away a menu, confessed that he had earlier wolfed down

three slices of pizza at a student event.

Johnson은 늦게 도착했고, 손을 저어 메뉴를 거절했으며, 그는 이미 학생 행사에서

피자 3쪽을 게걸스럽게 먹었다고 고백했다.

(Source: “The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change” by Ellen Ruppel Shell Page 180

[번역본: 일자리의 미래: 왜 중산층의 직업이 사라지는가])

 

[Note that a pronoun should be located between "wolf" and "down," (e.g. wolf it down)

while a common noun (or nouns) can be placed either between "wolf" and "down"

or after "wolf down," like "wolf two hamburgers down" or "wolf down two hamburgers."] 

[대명사는 반드시 "wolf"와 "down" 사이에 위치해야 하고, (예: "wolf it down") 반면에 

일반명사는 "wolf two hambergers down"이나 "wolf down two hambergers"처럼

"wolf"와 "down" 사이에 위치하거나 "wolf down" 뒤에 올 수 있는 것을 주목하셔요]