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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 creature continued to grow and fatten.
这个家伙继续长大、变肥。 - 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。 - The farmer tried to fatten the lean cattle for market.
农夫试图把瘦牛养肥以上市。 - 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。 - 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。