| 单词 | glutted |
| 释义 | glutted (once / 10225 pages) adj If something's glutted, it's overfull or oversaturated. A glutted animal shelter has more cats and dogs than it has room for. If your school bake sale is glutted with chocolate chip cookies, there are more than can possibly sell, and if a job market is glutted with elementary school teachers, there won't be enough positions available for all of them. The adjective glutted comes from glut, "an excessive supply," which originally meant "to feed to repletion," or to feed too much, from the Latin glutire, "to gulp down." WORD FAMILYglut: englut, gluts, glutted, glutting+/englut: engluts, englutted, englutting USAGE EXAMPLESThe police blocked off some of New York City’s most glutted arteries at the peak of holiday season rush hour. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Over the last year, the historically high production levels of natural gas production glutted the market. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) Departing miners have sold so many used power boats, muscle cars and dune buggies that the local market is glutted. New York Times(Sep 24, 2016) adj exceeding demand a glutted market Syn overfull full containing as much or as many as is possible or normal |
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