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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The witch wanted to fatten the children up so that she could eat them!
  巫婆想把这两个孩子养得肥肥胖胖的，然后再吃掉他们！
• 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？
• 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 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。
• 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。
• I gave them a description of the way I managed the goats, and directions to milk and fatten them, and to make both butter and cheese.
  我又把我管理山羊的办法，以及挤羊奶、使羊肥壮、做奶油和干酪的方法告诉他们。
• 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。