| 单词 | fat |
| 释义 | adjective | noun fatfat1 /fæt/ ●●● S1 W2 adjective (comparative fatter, superlative fattest) 1FLESH weighing too much because you have too much flesh on your body: He’s short and fat. I always look so fat in pictures. The cat’s starting to get fat. ► You can call yourself fat, but it is not polite to directly tell someone else that he or she is fat: I’m getting really fat.THESAURUSoverweight – used as a more polite way of describing someone who is fat: He’s a little overweight.big/heavy/large – used as polite ways of describing someone who is big, strong, or fat: His mother was a heavy woman in her fifties. He’s a pretty big guy.obese – used about someone who is extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to his or her health: Too many young children are obese these days.chubby/pudgy – used about someone who is slightly fat, especially a baby or a child: She was a cute chubby baby.plump – used to say that someone is slightly fat in a pleasant way, especially a woman or a child: Their grandmother was a plump, smiling woman.tubby informal – used about someone who is short and fat: He was a tubby little man with a bald head.flabby – used to describe a part of your body that is too fat and has soft loose skin: I’m trying to strengthen my arms so they’re less flabby.stout – used about an adult who is slightly fat: The door was answered by a stout woman in her sixties.rotund formal – having a fat round body. Used especially in literature: The actor’s rotund figure makes him perfect for the part of Santa.corpulent formal – very fat. Used especially in literature: The director, a corpulent red-faced man, slammed his fist on the table.2THICK OR WIDE thick or wide: There was a fat envelope waiting for him on his desk. She wore fat red plastic earrings.3MONEY [only before noun] informal containing or worth a large amount of money: He left the waitress a nice fat tip. The bank made a fat profit.4a fat lip a lip that is swollen because it has been injured5fat cat informal disapproving used about someone who has a very senior job in a company, organization, etc., when you think he or she earns too much money6grow fat on something written to become rich because of something: These stockbrokers grow fat on other people’s money.SPOKEN PHRASES7fat chance used to say that something is very unlikely to happen: You want tickets for the big game? Fat chance.8a fat lot of good/use if something is a fat lot of good, it is not useful and does not help you at all: I practiced a lot, but a fat lot of good it did me (=the practice did not help).9a fat lot somebody cares (about somebody/something) used to say that someone does not care at all10be in fat city old-fashioned to have plenty of money[Origin: Old English fætt]—fatness noun [uncountable] adjective | noun fatfat2 ●●● S2 W2 noun 1SUBSTANCE IN BODY [uncountable] science, biology a white or yellow tissue in the body of people and animals that protects the organs, stores energy, and helps to keep them warm: The body burns fat for energy.2TOO MUCH WEIGHT [uncountable] extra soft tissue under the skin that develops when a person or animal eats too much: A roll of fat (=a fold of fat in someone’s skin who is very fat) bulged over his belt.3ON MEAT [uncountable] the soft white substance that is attached to meat: Cut off the fat before cooking the chicken breasts.4IN FOOD [countable, uncountable] an oily substance in some foods: A can of tuna packed in water contains 1.2 grams of fat.high/low in fat Try to avoid foods that are high in fat.high-/low-fat low-fat cottage cheese5FOR COOKING [countable, uncountable] an oily substance taken from animals or plants and used in cooking: Fry the potatoes in oil or bacon fat.6MONEY [uncountable] money used to buy things that you do not really need: Most people are trying to trim the fat out of their budgets this Christmas.7the fat is in the fire used to say that there will be trouble because of something that has happened8live off the fat of the land to get enough money to live comfortably without doing much work9run/go to fat to start to become fat, especially because you are getting older or do not do much exercise: He was in his mid-fifties and running to fat. → see also baby fat, chew the fat at chew1 (4), not have an ounce of fat on you at ounce (4) |
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