It’s almost noon, and Loni Edwards’s client is drooling on the carpet in the lobby.

参考译文：快到中午了，洛尼·爱德华兹的客户在大厅的地毯上流口水。

almost adv. 几乎，差不多；将近；快要；近乎

almost 为副词，可以修饰，动词，名词，代词，形容词，

(1)修饰名词

It was almost midnight. 午夜将至。

The couple had been dating for almost three years.

这对情侣相恋已近3年。

(2)修饰代词

Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently.

最近几乎整个英国都受到了暴风雨的侵袭。

Almost nothing was done to improve the situation. 

几乎没有采取什么措施来改善这个情况。

(3)修饰形容词

The effect is almost impossible to describe.

这种影响几乎无法用言语描述。

He was almost as tall as Pete, but skinnier.

他和皮特差不多高，但更瘦。

Supper’s almost ready. 晚饭就要做好了。

He’s almost as old as I am. 

他差不多跟我一样大。

(3)修饰副词

The story is almost certainly true. 

这故事几乎肯定是真实的。

The arrested man will almost certainly be kept at this police station.

几乎可以肯定，被逮捕的男子将被扣押在该警察局。

(4)修饰动词

Have you almost finished? 你差不多完成了吗？

He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him. 

他得了西班牙流感，险些丧命。

(1)drool vi…过分痴迷;对…垂涎欲滴

Fashion editors drooled over every item..

时尚编辑们兴奋地注视着每一件东西。

Advertisers are already drooling at reports that this might bring 20 million dollars. 

广告商听闻这或许会带来2,000万美元的收益后已是垂涎欲滴了。

his wife's constant drooling over a poodle. 

他妻子眼睛直勾勾地盯着一只鬈毛狗

(2)drool vi口水;垂涎

My dog Jacques is drooling on my shoulder. 

我的狗雅克在我肩膀上流着口水。