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English

1. to drool; to salivate
2. (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
3. to salivate over something; metaphor for greed or immoral desireunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 流口水；比喻真係好想得到某樣嘢unreviewed?

Examples

• 梭羅垂涎於這種植物強壯的紫色莖稈，將其製成藤條，而知更鳥則以深紅色汁液的漿果為食。

  Thoreau coveted the plant's strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries.

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