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

glut·ton

(glŭtn)

1. A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink.

2. A person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: a glutton for punishment.

3. See wolverine.

[Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōn-. Sense 3, ultimately (perhaps via French glouton and German Vielfrass, glutton, wolverine) from translation of Middle Low German vilvraz, glutton, wolverine : vil, much + vraz, eater (the word vilvraz, glutton, perhaps being applied to the wolverine partly in reference to its reputation for voraciousness and partly as a folk-etymological loan translation of Old Swedish filfras, wolverine : fil, hill in the wilderness + fras, tomcat).]

glutton·ous (glŭtn-əs) adj.

glutton·ous·ly adv.

单词	glutton
释义	glut·ton (glŭtn) n. 1. A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink. 2. A person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: a glutton for punishment. 3. See wolverine. [Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōn-. Sense 3, ultimately (perhaps via French glouton and German Vielfrass, glutton, wolverine) from translation of Middle Low German vilvraz, glutton, wolverine : vil, much + vraz, eater (the word vilvraz, glutton, perhaps being applied to the wolverine partly in reference to its reputation for voraciousness and partly as a folk-etymological loan translation of Old Swedish filfras, wolverine : fil, hill in the wilderness + fras, tomcat).] glutton·ous (glŭtn-əs) adj. glutton·ous·ly adv.
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