engorged
engorged — adjective
1. used when skin, tissue, or an organ becomes enlarged because fluid, often blood,
used when skin, tissue, or an organ becomes enlarged because fluid, often blood, has built up inside it.
After the sting, Wei's lower lip looked engorged and shiny.
linking verb: looked engorged after an injury
The surgeon explained that the engorged vein needed treatment before it burst.
By evening, the runner's feet felt engorged from hours in wet shoes.
Lien pressed a cold cloth against the engorged area above her knee.
文法句型
be engorged with blood
engorged vein
用法筆記
Often used in medical or bodily descriptions, especially when blood flow or trapped fluid causes visible swelling.
engorged — verb
1. to eat far more than you need in a greedy, uncontrolled way.
to eat far more than you need in a greedy, uncontrolled way.
After the buffet opened, Faisal engorged himself on fried chicken and noodles.
engorge yourself on + food
Maeve regretted how much cake she had engorged herself on at the party.
The students engorged themselves on snacks while waiting for the midnight bus.
After months of dieting, Jude engorged himself on dumplings during the holiday.
- nibble
suggests eating only a little at a time
文法句型
engorge yourself on + food
用法筆記
Most often appears with a reflexive pronoun when someone overeats, and it sounds more literary than everyday eat.
常見錯誤
2. to take in blood until the body is stretched tight and full.
to take in blood until the body is stretched tight and full.
By dawn, the tick had engorged itself on the dog's blood.
engorge itself on + host's blood
The mosquito had engorged itself on the camper's arm within minutes.
The leeches engorged themselves so completely that they dropped into the stream.
Within minutes, the bedbugs had engorged themselves and crawled back into the mattress.
文法句型
engorge itself on + host's blood
用法筆記
Usually used of ticks, mosquitoes, leeches, or similar creatures after feeding; the subject is the blood-feeding animal, not the victim.
常見錯誤
3. to become packed with blood so that the tissue feels tight or blocked.
to become packed with blood so that the tissue feels tight or blocked.
During the infection, the tissue around his eye engorged with blood.
engorge with blood in medical context
When the vein became trapped, it quickly engorged and turned dark purple.
The skin around the wound engorged after the nurse removed the tight bandage.
After the allergic flare, the small vessels in her nose engorged noticeably.
文法句型
engorge with blood
用法筆記
This sense describes the process of tissue or vessels filling with blood, while the adjective sense names the swollen state after that change.