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
BNC.15231 / COCA.15932
短语动词
fatten up
1. 使(企业等)壮大;使(利润)增厚 2. 育肥;催肥;养胖
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- 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。 - 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。
- The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market.
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.- The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
喂肥牛群以宰杀。 - The creature continued to grow and fatten.
这个家伙继续长大、变肥。
- The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
- 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.- 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。 - Fatten upmeans the same asfatten.
fatten up 同 fatten - 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。
- They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits.
英英释义
verb
- make fat or plump
- We will plump out that poor starving child
双语例句
- 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 - 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 creature continued to grow and fatten.
这个家伙继续长大、变肥。 - 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? - My mum gives me so much food I think she wants to fatten me up.
我妈妈让我吃这么多尔西,我觉得她是想把我喂胖了。 - 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。 - 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。 - The cattle are being fattened for slaughter
喂肥牛群以宰杀。 - 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。 - She attempts to fatten her children up with potatoes, spaghetti, and creamed dishes.
她试图用土豆、通心粉和加奶油的菜使孩子们壮实起来。