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fat

Word family 
fat1 /fæt/ ●●● S1 W2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp fatter, superlativesupl fattest)
1  flesh 肉FAT weighing too much because you have too much flesh on your body 肥胖的 OPP thin
Are you suggesting I’m too fat?
你是不是在說我太胖了？
a short fat man in his early fifties
一個五十歲出頭的矮胖男人
You’ll get fat if you eat all that chocolate.
如果你把那些巧克力都吃了，就會變胖的。
He looks much fatter than in his photo.
他看上去比相片上胖多了。
2  object 物品THICK OBJECT OR MATERIAL thick or wide 厚的；寬的 OPP thin
Dobbs was smoking a fat cigar.
多布斯正抽着一支粗大的雪茄。
a big fat book
一本又大又厚的書
→4  See picture of 見圖 THICK →5 see picture at 見圖 thick
3  money 錢 [only before noun] informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT containing or worth a large amount of money 巨額的
a fat cheque
巨額支票
Of course the supermarkets’ aim is to make fat profits.
當然，超市的目的是要獲取豐厚的利潤。
4  fat chance informalBELIEVE used to say that something is very unlikely to happen 極小的可能性
fat chance of
‘You can go to bed now and sleep easy.’ ‘Fat chance of that!’
“現在你可以上床去安心睡覺了。”“怎麽可能啊！”
Examples from the Corpus
fat of• There is fat chance of that for as long as the Government allows the banks to carry on with their grasping one-way policy.
5  (a) fat lot of good/use spokenHELP not at all useful or helpful 一點用處也沒有的，全然沒有幫助的
Fat lot of use you are in the kitchen.
你在廚房一點忙都幫不上。
Examples from the Corpus
(a) fat lot of good/use• A fat lot of good it did me!• Getting the pound down was what Labour governments did with metronomic regularity. Fat lot of good it did them.• Frederick Bissett was a member of the Institute of Professional Scientists, and a fat lot of good that did him.
6  fat cat informalRICH someone who has too much money, especially someone who is paid too much for their job – used to show disapproval 闊佬〔尤指薪酬過高的人；含貶義〕
the fat cats at the top who have recently been given obscene pay increases
新近無恥地大漲薪水的上層闊佬們
Examples from the Corpus
fat cat• Too often they are viewed as' ambulance-chasing fat cats'.• The painting, with the two fat cats at the base of the steps, was thought to be by her.• They do not resent the city fat cats, but believe top businessmen deserve success.• Why should those fat cats get rich through our efforts?• Teacher: Are there more fat cats than thin cats?• And far from silently resenting the city fat cats, they believe top businessmen deserve success.
7. in fat city American EnglishAmE old-fashionedRICH having plenty of money 很有錢的
8  grow fat on something RICHto become rich because of something – used to show disapproval 靠某物致富，因某事發財〔含貶義〕
The finance men had grown fat on managing other people’s money.
金融界人士爲别人打理錢財，養肥了自己。
Examples from the Corpus
grow fat on something• Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.• The bull grew fat on his salary and expense account, but his performance was disappointing to say the least.• They could see themselves growing fat on large-scale construction payrolls.• These stock brokers grow fat on other people's money.
9  a fat lip informal a lip that is swollen because it has been hit 被打腫的嘴唇
My friend was badly injured with bruised ribs and a fat lip.
我的朋友受傷嚴重，肋骨挫傷，嘴唇發腫。
10  approval 贊同 informal another spelling of phat – used to show approval, especially of someone or something that is fashionable, interesting, or attractive 精彩的〔/ phat 的另一種拼法〕
fat/phat beats (=music that sounds good) 美妙的音樂
Check out these fat beats.
來聽聽這些美妙的節奏。
—fatness noun [uncountableU]
a rise in fatness in children
兒童肥胖現象的增多
 THESAURUS
fat having too much flesh on your body. It is rude to tell someone that they are fat. It is also better not to use any of these words when talking directly to someone about their body 肥胖的〔說别人fat顯得無禮，直接談論他人身體時最好不要用此類詞語〕
She thinks she’s fat.
她覺得自己胖。
He looks the same, just a little fatter.
他看上去老樣子，只是稍微胖了些。
overweight weighing more than you should 超重的
Many medical conditions are caused by being overweight.
許多病都是超重引起的。
She was several kilos overweight.
她超重幾公斤。
big/large used when saying that someone has a big body. Large is more common than big in written English 〔體型〕大的〔英語書面語中large比big更常用〕
My father was a big man.
我爸爸塊頭很大。
two large ladies
兩名高大的女子
obese extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to your health 病態肥胖的
He went to a summer camp for obese teenagers.
他參加了專爲肥胖青少年組織的夏令營。
chubby slightly fat in a nice-looking way – used especially about babies and children 〔尤指嬰兒和幼童〕胖嘟嘟的
A chubby little baby was playing on the rug.
一個胖嘟嘟的嬰孩在地毯上玩耍。
plump a woman or child who is plump is slightly fat, especially in a pleasant way 〔女性〕豐滿的；〔孩子〕胖乎乎的
Her mother was a plump cheerful woman.
她媽媽是個身材豐滿、精神奕奕的女人。
flabby having soft loose skin that looks unattractive 〔皮膚〕鬆弛的
a flabby stomach
鬆弛的腹部
Her body was getting old and flabby.
她日漸衰老，皮膚鬆弛。
portly literary fat and round – used especially about fairly old men 〔尤指上年紀的男性〕肥胖的
The bishop was a portly middle-aged gentleman.
主教是個胖胖的中年紳士。
Examples from the Corpus
fat• Sally hates going swimming -- she thinks her legs are too fat.• Though she weighed only six stone, she thought she was fat.• After thirty years, Teddy looked just the same, only a little fatter.• He's short and fat.• The children's fat Christmas stockings bulged with surprises.• A tall man was smoking a fat cigar.• I'm getting too fat for my clothes.• I always look so fat in pictures.• There was a nice fat letter waiting for him the next morning.• Peter was a fat little boy.• The fat man over to his right had leaned down to the floor.• Most fat people simply eat too much by normal standards.• Remember that old joke: In every fat person there is a thin one trying to get out.• fat red plastic earrings• The colonel rubbed his fat stomach, reaching for something from the table to put into his mouth.• My stomach's much fatter than yours.• He left the waitress a nice fat tip.• He pulled out a fat wallet stuffed with banknotes.
get fat• The cat's starting to get fat.• I want to remain exceptionally thin, because then I am never likely to get fat.• Sir Alan will be fired before the goose gets fat.• You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat.• A cyclical deficit is like Melvin, who, understandably, gets fat in the hospital, because he can not exercise.• It may not look like it in the mirror, but getting fat is all in your head.• He was obviously getting fat on his pickings, whatever his game was.• While some special interests get fat, the average taxpayer gets stuck cleaning up the manure and feeling pretty frail.
fat profits• Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies, supermarkets are making fat profits.• The computer diet that could mean fat profits.• The whole system was financed by smuggling gold purchased by his clients' money, and the organiser made fat profits.• He mentions the fat profits of the pharmaceutical companies.
Related topics: Nutrition, Cooking, Biology
fat2 ●●● S2 W2 noun
1  [uncountableU]HBA a substance that is stored under the skin of people and animals, that helps to keep them warm 脂肪；肥肉
Rolls of fat bulged over his collar.
一圈圈的贅肉從他領口溢出來。
I didn’t like the meat – there was too much fat on it.
我不喜歡那肉——太肥了。
2  [countableC, uncountableU]DFN an oily substance contained in certain foods 〔某些食物中所含的〕脂肪
Cream has a high fat content.
奶油中脂肪含量高。
high/low in fat
This cheese is relatively low in fat.
這種奶酪脂肪含量相對較低。
You should think about reducing your fat intake (=the amount of fat you eat).
你應當考慮減少脂肪攝入量。
high-fat/low-fat
a low-fat diet
低脂飲食
→ saturated fat
3  [countableC, uncountableU]DFC an oily substance taken from animals or plants and used in cooking 食用油；烹調用油
Place the chicken in the hot fat.
將雞肉放進熱油中。
4. the fat is in the fire PROBLEMused to say that there will be trouble because of something that has happened 闖禍了，有麻煩了
5. live off the fat of the land EARNto get enough money to live comfortably without doing much work 過養尊處優的生活
6. run to fat FATto start to become fat, especially because you are getting older or do not do much exercise 〔尤因上年紀或不常運動而〕開始發胖
→ chew the fat at chew1(4), → puppy fat
Examples from the Corpus
fat• Place over medium-high heat and reduce by half, skimming off any fat that accumulates on surface.• Fry the potatoes in oil or bacon fat.• Scissor-snip the bacon fat at intervals to help it release its fat.• As a result of this, the amount of calories, fat and saturated fat is very much reduced.• Tea, margarine and cooking fat were rationed to 2 ozs per week.• Wipe off all excess fat and slice thinly to serve.• It had a nutty flavor and very little fat.• A portion of tuna packed in water contains 1.2 grams of fat.• A roll of fat bulged over his belt.• He added a side of potatoes that included some fat.• Take two chicken breasts, and cut off all the fat.• The simple changes reduce the total fat in the diet by quiet a large amount.
fat intake• Furthermore, dietary manipulation studies have shown that high fat intake can increase faecal bile acid excretion.• Getting your diet right Reduce fat intake - to 15% of your diet or less.• So it is also the diet to choose if you have sensibly taken to heart the well-established benefits of reducing fat intake.• These foods will make up the calories they are losing when cutting down on their saturated fat intake.• Poly-unsaturated fats should constitute the next largest share of your fat intake, after mono-unsaturated fats.
Origin fat1
Old English fætt
fat1 adjectiveadj →THESAURUS1fat2 noun
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