| 单词 | a fat chance |
| 释义 | fat1 /fat/adjective (fattˈer; fattˈest)
(in golf) striking the ground before the ball transitive verb (fattˈing; fattˈed)To make fat intransitive verbTo grow fat ORIGIN: OE fætt fatted fatˈling noun A young animal fattened for slaughter adjectiveSmall and fat fatˈly adverb
fatˈness noun
fattˈed adjective see kill the fatted calf below fattˈen transitive verb
To grow fat fattˈener noun fattˈening noun (also adjective) fattˈiness noun fattˈish adjective Somewhat fat fattˈism noun Discrimination against fat people fattˈist noun and adjective fattˈy adjective
A fat person fatˈback noun (US) Fatty meat from the upper part of a side of pork, usu dried and cured with salt fat body noun An area of fatty tissue in the body of an animal, esp an insect, in which energy is stored fatˈbrained adjective (Shakespeare) Stupid fat camp noun (US) A residential slimming camp for overweight children fat cat noun (orig US sl) A wealthy, prosperous person, esp one who is thought to have gained excessive rewards fatˈ-cat adjective fat city noun (also with caps; US sl) Easy circumstances, prosperous conditions fatˈ-face or fat-facedˈ adjective Having a fat or broad face fat-fingˈer adjective (informal) Denoting a computer error caused by the clumsiness of the person inputting the data fatˈ-free adjective (of food) containing virtually no fat fatˈhead noun (informal) A stupid, dim-witted person fat-headˈed adjective fat hen noun Any one of various thick-leaved plants, esp of the goosefoot family fatˈ-lute noun A mixture of pipe-clay and linseed oil, for filling joints in wood, esp in shipbuilding fat mouse noun Any of several kinds of mouse of the genus Steatomys, found in dry regions of Africa, that store fat and are eaten as a delicacy fat stock or fatˈstock noun Livestock fattened for market fat suit noun A padded costume worn by an actor to make him or her seem fatter than they really are fatˈ-tailed adjective Having much fat in the tail, as do certain Asiatic and African sheep fatty acids plural noun Acids which with glycerine form fats, some of which (essential fatty acids) cannot be synthesized by the body and must be supplied in the diet fatty degeneration noun Morbid deposition of fat fatty heart, etc noun Fatty degeneration of the heart, etc fatty oils same as fixed oils (see under fix). fatˈ-witted adjective Dull-witted, stupid (a) fat chance (slang) Little or no opportunity or prospect a fat lot (slang) Not much kill the fatted calf see under calf1 live off the fat of the land To live in luxury the fat is in the fire A critical act has precipitated the trouble |
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