Bloat
[bləʊt] or [blot]
解释:
(noun.) swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas.
(verb.) become bloated or swollen or puff up; 'The dead man's stomach was bloated'.
(verb.) make bloated or swollen; 'Hunger bloated the child's belly'.
艾利森手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
(v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
(v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
(a.) Bloated.
(n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
(v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
戈代娃手打
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, puff up, blow up, make turgid.
v. n. Swell, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid.
伊夫林整理
解释:
v.t. to swell or puff out: to dry by smoke (applied to fish).—v.i. to swell or dilate: to grow turgid.—p.adj. Bloat′ed.—n. Bloat′er a herring partially dried in smoke esp. at Yarmouth.
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例句:
- I recognised well that purple face,--those bloated features. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- To be growing suddenly and violently rich, as this man is, naturally makes him a bloated aristocrat. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- A man with a bloated face opened the strong wicket, to whom Defarge presented The Emigrant Evremonde. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- It is so easy to be bloated aristocrats where it costs nothing of consequence! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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