单词 | batten |
释义 | bat·ten 1 (bătn) v. bat·tened, bat·ten·ing, bat·tens v.intr. 1. To become fat. 2. To thrive and prosper, especially at another's expense: "[She] battens like a leech on the lives of famous people, ... a professional retailer of falsehoods" (George F. Will). v.tr. To fatten; overfeed. [Ultimately from Old Norse batna, to improve; see bhad- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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