单词 | glutton |
释义 | glutton glutton1 /glut"n/, n. 1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously. 2. a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment. [1175-1225; ME glutun < OF glouton < L glutton- (s. of glutto), var. of GLUTO glutton, akin to glutire to gulp down] Syn. 1. gourmand; gastronome; chowhound. glutton2 /glut"n/, n. the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe. [1665-75; trans. of G Vielfrass, equiv. to viel much + frass eating, deriv. of fressen (of animals) to eat] |
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