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

• The creature continued to grow and fatten.
  这个家伙继续长大、变肥。
• 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。
• His wife tried to fatten him up a bit after they got married.
  他们结婚后，他的妻子试图把他养胖一点儿。
• Your article seems rather thin in places; Can you fatten it out a little?
  你的文章在某些地方略显空洞；你能把它充实一点吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• But the giant panda can't fatten up enough to hibernate.
  但大熊猫无法积累足够的脂肪以备冬眠。
• We fatten other creatures so that they can feed us, and we fatten ourselves to ultimately feed maggots.
  我们喂肥了其他动物给自己受用，再喂肥了自己给蛆受用。
• 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。
• ( of livestock) kept and fed in a stall in order to fatten for the market.
  （牲畜）在厩中喂养为了拿到市场上卖的。