bloat

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /bləʊt/    美 /bloʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Distention of the abdomen from death. countable,uncountable
  2. Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant. countable,uncountable
  3. Wasteful use of space or other resources. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
  4. A worthless, dissipated fellow. countable,dated,derogatory,slang,uncountable
  5. A group of hippopotamuses. collective,countable,uncountable
    — A group of hippos is called a bloat.
动词 v.
  1. To cause to become distended.
  2. To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant. intransitive
  3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
  4. To become distended; to swell up. intransitive
    — if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres
  5. To fill with vanity or conceit.
    — 1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise
  6. To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking. dated
    — bloated herring
  7. To increase to an excessive amount.
    — In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.
形容词 adj.
  1. bloated. obsolete
    — Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed

词形变化

bloats present,singular,third-person bloating participle,present bloated participle,past bloated past bloats plural more bloat comparative most bloat superlative

词源

词源 1
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
词源 2
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
词源 3
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
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