fattened

英 [ˈfætnd]

美 [ˈfætnd]

v.  (使)长胖，长肥; (尤指动物宰杀前)育肥
fatten的过去分词和过去式

COCA.44118

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.
  1. The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
     喂肥牛群以宰杀。
  2. The creature continued to grow and fatten.
     这个家伙继续长大、变肥。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. Fatten upmeans the same asfatten.
     fatten up 同 fatten
  3. 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。

英英释义

adj

• (of market animals) made ready for market

双语例句

• The pigs fattened on corn.
  猪靠吃谷物长肥。
• She has been fattened a lot during her pregnant.
  她怀孕的时候被了很多。
• You've fattened out during the winter; you should take some exercise to lose weight.
  经过冬天你长胖了，应该作些锻炼减肥。
• 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。
• These cattle are being fattened up before being sold.
  这些牛正在出售前育肥。
• Slaves are fattened for auction, like livestock.
  奴隶们被养肥了送去拍卖，就像牲口一样。
• The steers were fattened for market.
  养肥公牛是为了销售。
• Animals breeding in these so-called "factories" are carried out for the sole purpose of being fattened and served up as food on dining table.
  在所谓工厂里繁衍的牲畜，唯一的生存目的只是养肥了被送上桌去而已。
• Even a small school of200 bluefin can, when fattened, fetch more than half a million dollars on the Japanese market.
  即使一个200条金枪鱼的小规模鱼群，也能够在日本的市场上获得超过五十万美元的收入。
• Chinese workers are cheap production, fattened the American, but also to listen to such remarks!
  中国工人的廉价生产，胼手胝足，养肥了美国人，还要听这些风凉话！