fatten up

英 [ˈfætn ʌp]

美 [ˈfætn ʌp]

使（企业等）壮大; 使（利润）增厚; 育肥; 催肥; 养胖

柯林斯词典

• See also:They fattened up ducks and geese...You're too skinny — we'll have to fatten you up.fatten

英英释义

verb

• make fat or plump
  1. We will plump out that poor starving child
  Synonym:fattenfatflesh outfill outplumpplump outfatten out

双语例句

• My mum gives me so much food I think she wants to fatten me up.
  我妈妈让我吃这么多尔西，我觉得她是想把我喂胖了。
• They fattened up ducks and geese
  他们喂肥了鹅鸭。
• In the summer it is harder to catch seals, so before summer arrives, the bears eat as much as they can to fatten up, then live off the fat in their bodies.
  在夏季，它是很难捕捉海豹，所以夏季到来之前，熊大量吃因为它们可以用来催肥了，然后吃了他们的身体脂肪。
• Mothers usually fatten their children up with milk.
  母亲们通常给孩子们吃牛奶好让他们长胖。
• Before long, farmers gathered the baby oysters, transplanted them into other waters to speed up their growth, then transplanted them once more into another body of water to fatten them up.
  不久之后，农夫将这些小牡蛎收集起来，把它们移种进其他的水域加快其生长，然后再次将它们移种进另外的水域以使其肥壮起来。
• The child is underweight. I'm trying to fatten him up as fast as I can.
  这孩子体重不足。我正设法尽快地使他壮实起来。
• The witch wanted to fatten the children up so that she could eat them!
  巫婆想把这两个孩子养得肥肥胖胖的，然后再吃掉他们！
• But the giant panda can't fatten up enough to hibernate.
  但大熊猫无法积累足够的脂肪以备冬眠。
• She attempts to fatten her children up with potatoes, spaghetti, and creamed dishes.
  她试图用土豆、通心粉和加奶油的菜使孩子们壮实起来。
• Now go and get a burger and fatten yourself up!
  现在去吃个汉堡，把自己养胖吧！