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　

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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

• In the summer it is harder to catch seals, so before summer arrives, the bears eat as much as they can to fatten up, then live off the fat in their bodies.
  在夏季，它是很难捕捉海豹，所以夏季到来之前，熊大量吃因为它们可以用来催肥了，然后吃了他们的身体脂肪。
• The prices of corn, used to fatten animals, and meat and poultry, are also rising.
  用作动物饲料的玉米，以及肉类和禽肉类的价格也在不断上涨。
• 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。
• 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？
• Mothers usually fatten their children up with milk.
  母亲们通常给孩子们吃牛奶好让他们长胖。
• Outdoor barbecue ready to eat food and spices which are less likely to fatten up ah?
  户外烧烤准备什么吃更多的食物和调味品，是不容易增肥啊？
• Fatten up your pigs so they're worth more money
  在你的猪上养肥这样他们关于价值更多钱
• The cattle are being fattened for slaughter
  喂肥牛群以宰杀。
• The farmer tried to fatten the lean cattle for market.
  农夫试图把瘦牛养肥以上市。
• 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。