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单词 glutton
释义
gluttonglut‧ton /ˈɡlʌtn/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINglutton
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French gloton, from Latin glutto, from gluttire ‘to swallow’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Uncle Richard was a glutton who ate everything in sight.
  • We had salmon to start, followed by a glutton's dessert of crème brûleé.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But some are gluttons for punishment.
  • Just as some people are mean drunks, mortgage traders were mean gluttons.
  • Persons who eat too much are called gluttons.
  • We even honor these great gluttons who have become our world leaders, our socialites, our jet-setters.
Thesaurus
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someone who is greedy wants to eat too much food, or eats more than their share of food - use this to show disapproval: · Don't be so greedy! Leave some cake for everyone else.· Greedy children often tend to put on too much weight.· Take your greedy fingers off that pie - you've had more than enough already.
spoken informal someone who is greedy: · You pig, you've eaten it all!greedy pig: · The greedy pig! He didn't leave any pizza for us.make a pig of yourself (=eat a lot of food greedily): · That's what Christmas is all about, isn't it? Making a pig of yourself.
British spoken someone who is very greedy - used especially by children: · Don't be such a greedy guts!· Hey, greedy guts, leave those sweets alone. They're mine.
a strong desire to eat too much food: · You don't really want more ice cream -- it's just greed.
someone who eats too much food: · Uncle Richard was a glutton who ate everything in sight.· We had salmon to start, followed by a glutton's dessert of crème brûleé.
formal when someone eats or drinks much more than necessary, usually with the result that they become ill or unhealthy - used especially in literature: · As soon as Christmas is over, people often start to regret their gluttony.· The level of heart disease in the western world is a measure of our gluttony.
someone who seems to enjoy suffering
· He goes swimming in the sea in the middle of winter -- he must be some kind of masochist.
use this humorously about someone who seems to like being put in situations where they will suffer, when it could have been avoided: · Being a glutton for punishment, I agreed to organize yet another children's birthday party.
someone who enjoys suffering because they make other people feel guilty about it, and therefore get sympathy and attention: · Don't be a martyr - ask for help if you need it.play the martyr (=behave like one): · We all like to play the martyr sometimes.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Being a glutton for punishment, a few days later we rounded it off by doing the Danube Knee bend towards Budapest.
  • Steve Jobs is obviously a glutton for punishment.
  • Talk about a glutton for punishment.
1someone who eats too much2a glutton for punishment someone who seems to enjoy working hard or doing something unpleasantgluttonous adjective
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