fatten

verb

1. make fat or plump

e.g. We will plump out that poor starving child

Synonym: fatflesh outfill outplumpplump outfatten outfatten up

1. (动物)长膘，变肥;催肥，养肥
If an animal is fattened, or if it fattens, it becomes fatter as a result of eating more.

e.g. The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
喂肥牛群以宰杀。
e.g. The creature continued to grow and fatten.
这个家伙继续长大、变肥。

2. 使(企业)发财;使(利润)增长;为…牟利
If you say that someone is fattening something 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.

e.g. 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。

相关词组：fatten up

1. 长肥：fatten up 使肥胖 | fatten 长肥 | fattener 养肥禽畜者

2. fatten的翻译

2. 使肥胖：fatplump 胖 | fatten 使肥胖 | fattening 肥育

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3. 发胖 长肥：skin and bone 瘦得皮包骨的 | fatten 发胖 长肥 | fatten up 饲养使肥

4. 催肥：fatsoluble vitamin ==> 脂溶性维生素 | fatten ==> 催肥 | fattening ==> 肥育