英语词汇“fatten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To fatten someone is to feed them until they become bigger and fatter. Your grandmother might see a tiny baby and say, "His mother needs to fatten him up!"

A farmer might spend weeks trying to fatten his prize pigs before he sells them for meat, and you may visit relatives who keep cooking you delicious food in an attempt to fatten you up. Figuratively, you can also fatten things like your bank account, by making it larger. Before the 1550s, the verb form of this word was fat — and both fat and fatten come from the Old English word fætt, "fat or plump."

WORD FAMILY

fatten: fattened, fattening, fattens+/fat: fatedly, fatism, fatless, fatly, fatness, fats, fatted, fatten, fatter, fattest, fatting, fattish, fattism, fatty, nonfat/fattened: unfattened/fattish: fattishly/fatty: fattier, fatties, fattiest, fattily, fattiness, fattys

USAGE EXAMPLES

Her farm, which raises and fattens the rare American mulefoot hogs for slaughter, is essential to their survival, she believes.

Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016)

As they fatten herds to meet peak demand, a slump in retail prices and a spike in feed costs are grinding up profits.

Reuters(Dec 28, 2016)

There’s nothing special about a Thursday night NFL game, which does little for the league other than fatten owners’ wallets.

Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016)

v make fat or plump

Syn|Hyper

fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

单词	fatten
释义	fatten (once / 2063 pages) v To fatten someone is to feed them until they become bigger and fatter. Your grandmother might see a tiny baby and say, "His mother needs to fatten him up!" A farmer might spend weeks trying to fatten his prize pigs before he sells them for meat, and you may visit relatives who keep cooking you delicious food in an attempt to fatten you up. Figuratively, you can also fatten things like your bank account, by making it larger. Before the 1550s, the verb form of this word was fat — and both fat and fatten come from the Old English word fætt, "fat or plump." WORD FAMILY fatten: fattened, fattening, fattens+/fat: fatedly, fatism, fatless, fatly, fatness, fats, fatted, fatten, fatter, fattest, fatting, fattish, fattism, fatty, nonfat/fattened: unfattened/fattish: fattishly/fatty: fattier, fatties, fattiest, fattily, fattiness, fattys USAGE EXAMPLES Her farm, which raises and fattens the rare American mulefoot hogs for slaughter, is essential to their survival, she believes. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) As they fatten herds to meet peak demand, a slump in retail prices and a spike in feed costs are grinding up profits. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) There’s nothing special about a Thursday night NFL game, which does little for the league other than fatten owners’ wallets. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) v make fat or plump Syn\|Hyper fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
随便看	anacoluthon anaconda Anacyclus Anacyclus pyrethrum anadama bread Anadenanthera Anadenanthera colubrina anadiplosis anadromous anaemia anaemic anaerobe anaerobic anaerobic exercise anaerobiotic anaesthesia anaesthetic anaesthetic agent anaesthetise anaesthetist anaesthetize Anagallis Anagallis arvensis Anagallis tenella Anagasta