| 词汇 | fatten |
| 释义 | fattenWord family noun fat fatty fatlingfatnessfattenerfattinessfattismfattistfatbackfat campfatheadadjective fat fattening fatty fatted fattishfatbrainedfat-freeverb fatten adverbfatly fat·ten /ˈfætn/ verb 1. FAT[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to make an animal become fatter so that it is ready to eat, or to become fat and ready to eat 育肥，催肥；（使）变肥；（使）长肥 2 [transitiveT] to make an amount larger 使〔数额〕增大 These projects simply serve to fatten the pockets of developers. 这些项目只会肥了开发商的腰包。 3 fatten somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v FATto make a person or animal fatter 使变肥，使变胖，把…喂肥 My parents are always trying to fatten me up. 我父母老是想把我喂得胖胖的。 Examples from the Corpus fatten up• Will eating carbohydrates fatten you up or trigger diabetes?• We raise calves for sale to feedlots, which fatten them up to market weight. Examples from the Corpus fatten• Other record companies offered long, fattening lunches in over-priced restaurants as part of the deal-making process.• Thus farmers sell milk and young calves, as well as wool and lambs which are fattened on nearby lowland farms.• We are pudding fanatics as a family, the richer and more fattening the better.• Increased profits will fatten the bonuses of the managers.• Now that he's been loved and fattened, the old boy wags his tail and whimpers hello like a puppy.• Besides fattening the wallets of local merchants, the negotiators challenged each other to solve disputes on agriculture and textiles.• Its general conformation showed a dairy-type leanness, but individuals could fatten well. |
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