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单词 bloated
释义
bloatedbloat‧ed /ˈbləʊtɪd $ ˈbloʊ-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbloated
Origin:
1600-1700 bloat ‘to swell’ (17-21 centuries), from bloat ‘swollen’ (17-19 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse blautr ‘soft, swollen with liquid’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • bloated fish, floating in the river
  • He fell onto the sofa, his stomach bloated with food.
  • I feel really bloated. I wish I hadn't eaten so much.
  • I felt so bloated after Thanksgiving dinner.
  • the bloated government bureaucracy
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Even their baby is bloated, and wanting more.
  • Gobbla, his hugely bloated and eternally hungry Cave Squig would feed well.
  • It is a star in serious trouble, with bright bloated lobes of gas swelling off it, announcing its death throes.
  • Once, before she was born, her father had found a curious bloated and boggle-eyed fish on the shore.
  • Santa's first shock came from the tape measure - the Claus tum measured a bloated 47 inches.
  • There, in the bloated stomach of that snake, Pula's story ended.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen you have eaten enough or too much food
to have eaten enough food, so that you do not want any more: · "Would you like some dessert?" "No thanks, I've had enough."· Leave the rest if you've had enough.
spoken if you are full , you have eaten so much food that you cannot eat any more: · "Would you like some more pie?" "No thanks, I'm full."
you say I couldn't eat another thing when you have eaten a lot, especially because you enjoyed the food, and are very full: · The apple pie is delicious, but I won't have another slice - I couldn't eat another thing.
having eaten so much that your stomach feels very full and uncomfortable: · I feel really bloated. I wish I hadn't eaten so much.bloated with: · He fell onto the sofa, his stomach bloated with food.
if you do something on a full stomach , you do it soon after eating a meal, when you are still feeling full: · It isn't wise to go swimming on a full stomach.
1full of liquid, gas, food etc, so that you look or feel much larger than normal:  a red bloated face I feel really bloated after that meal.2if you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively:  the bloated state bureaucracy
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