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- gargle (v.)



[gargle 词源字典] - 1520s, from Middle French gargouiller "to gurgle, bubble" (14c.), from Old French gargole "throat, waterspout," which is perhaps from garg-, imitative of throat sounds, + *goule, dialect word for "mouth," from Latin gula "throat." Related: Gargled; gargling. The earlier, native, form of the word was Middle English gargarize (early 15c.), from Latin gargarizare, from Greek gargarizein.[gargle etymology, gargle origin, 英语词源]
- gargle (n.)




- 1650s, "liquid used in gargling," from gargle (v.).