fatten的近义词是:plump丰满的;fatten up养肥。fatten的意思是v.养肥;使肥胖。fatten名词:fattener;过去式:fattened;过去分词:fattened;现在分词:fattening;第三人称单数:fattens。
一、英英释义点此查看fatten的详细内容
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
二、词典解释
1.(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.
e.g. The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
喂肥牛群以宰杀。
e.g. The creature continued to grow andfatten.
这个家伙继续长大、变肥。
2.使(企业)发财;使(利润)增长;为…牟利
If you say that someoneis fattening something 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.
e.g. 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。
相关词组:fatten up
三、例句
We keep animals in pens to fatten them.
我们把动物关在围栏里把它们养肥。
Some people deny themselves the necessaries or comforts of life in order that they may be able to help to fatten a publican.
有些人不要生活必需品和较好的享受,目的是为了可以帮助养肥酒店老板。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
The forest of Lucania, whose acorns fattened large droves of wild hogs.
出自:GibbonHe tolerated, even fattened the newspaper myth of a locker-room tough guy.
出自:fig.fatten的相关近义词
plump、fatten up、build up、feed up、feed、stuff、beef up、fill out、flesh out、fat、fatten out、plump out
fatten的相关临近词
fatty、fatigue、fattener、fattening、fatten up、fatten on、fatten pig、fattenable、fatten out、fatten upon、Fatten pigs、fattening up