fatten

英 [ˈfætn]

美 [ˈfætn]

v.  (使)长胖，长肥; (尤指动物宰杀前)育肥

现在分词：fattening　过去分词：fattened　过去式：fattened　第三人称单数：fattens　

GRETEM8

BNC.15231 / COCA.15932

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• （使）长胖，长肥；（尤指动物宰杀前）育肥
  to make sb/sth fatter, especially an animal before killing it for food; to become fatter
  1. The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market.
     这些小猪被从母猪身边带走，好育肥上市。
  2. She's very thin after her illness─but we'll soon fatten her up.
     她病后瘦得很——不过我们会使她迅速胖起来的。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (动物)长膘，变肥;催肥，养肥
  If an animalis fattened, or if itfattens, it becomes fatter as a result of eating more.
  1. The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
     喂肥牛群以宰杀。
  2. The creature continued to grow and fatten.
     这个家伙继续长大、变肥。
• VERB 使(企业)发财;使(利润)增长;为…牟利
  If you say that someoneis fatteningsomething such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of.
  1. They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits.
     他们一直人为地使糖的价格居高不下，以此为公司牟利。
  2. Fatten upmeans the same asfatten.
     fatten up 同 fatten
  3. The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.
     政府正在用纳税人的钱壮大一家公有企业，再进行私人认购。

英英释义

verb

• make fat or plump
  1. We will plump out that poor starving child
  Synonym:fatflesh outfill outplumpplump outfatten outfatten up

双语例句

• Although soyabean is less known than cereals such as wheat, rice and corn, it plays a crucial role in the global food chain, providing animal feed to fatten the rising number of cows, sheep, pigs and poultry the world consumes.
  大豆虽不像小麦、水稻和玉米等谷类那么广为人知，却在全球食物链中扮演着举足轻重的角色提供动物饲料，养殖供全球消费的牛、羊、猪和家禽。
• A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.
  一条饥饿的狼想把鸡养肥来做炖鸡，却产生了意想不到的结果。
• Analysts expect its corn imports to treble in the next decade, as rising incomes spur demand for meat and the feed grains used to fatten livestock.
  分析师预测，其玉米进口将在未来10年增加两倍，因不断增加的收入刺激了对肉类和喂养牲畜所需的饲料的需求。
• You're too skinny — we'll have to fatten you up.
  你太瘦了，我们要把你养胖些。
• Trust me, she'd fatten you four up in a week.
  相信我，她一周就能把你们四个养胖。
• The new feed can fatten the chickens up quickly enough for market.
  新饲料能使鸡长得更快，以供应市场。
• Most hill farmers cannot fatten their lambs off in their first summer.
  在羊羔生下来的第一个夏季，大多数山地农户都无法把它们养肥。
• Meanwhile, consumption of key feedstocks such as corn and soyabeans used to fatten livestock have jumped& soyabean consumption has doubled in the past 10 years.
  与此同时，玉米和大豆等用于喂养牲口的主要饲料消耗量激增，其中大豆消耗量10年来翻了一番。
• To eat more bananas will not be able to lose weight but most fatten up.
  为了吃更多的香蕉将不能减肥，但最胖了。
• The child is underweight. I'm trying to fatten him up as fast as I can.
  这孩子体重不足。我正设法尽快地使他壮实起来。