glut
/ɡlʌt/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡlʌt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈglət/ (ame, mw)
glut — noun
- glutsingular
- glutsplural
1. a situation where the amount of something available is far larger than people wa
a situation where the amount of something available is far larger than people want to buy, eat, or use — for example, when farmers harvest too much fruit one year and prices fall sharply.
A glut of mangoes in Thailand pushed prices down to almost nothing this summer.
collocation: a glut of [commodity] + market effect
Felipe complained that the wheat glut had ruined his family's harvest income.
noun + noun pattern: [commodity] glut
The current glut of cheap solar panels has hurt several European manufacturers badly.
Streaming services face a glut of new shows that few viewers ever finish.
There is currently a glut of unsold apartments sitting empty across the city centre.
- surplus
more neutral; can be planned or beneficial
- oversupply
near-synonym; common in economics writing
- excess
broader; covers any amount beyond what is needed, abstract or concrete
- surfeit
formal/literary; often about food, pleasure, or information
文法句型
a glut of [noun]
glut on the market
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a market commodity, product, or resource — not abstract qualities. Frequently followed by 'of' + plural noun naming the oversupplied thing. The word implies the oversupply is a problem (falling prices, waste, slow sales), not simply abundance.
常見錯誤
glut — verb
- glutpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gluts3rd person singular
- glutting-ing form
- gluttedpast simple
1. to put so many copies of a product onto a market that the amount for sale become
to put so many copies of a product onto a market that the amount for sale becomes much larger than people want to buy, causing prices to fall.
Cheap factories in several countries are glutting the market with low-quality steel pipes.
pattern: glut the market with [product]
The harbour town has been glutted with frozen fish since the new boats arrived.
passive: be glutted with [commodity]
Nora warned that exporting too many olives would glut the European market within months.
By autumn, second-hand bookshops in town were glutted with abandoned student textbooks.
Discount supermarkets have glutted the city with very cheap winter clothing this season.
- undersupply
deliberately put too little onto a market
文法句型
glut the market with [noun]
be glutted with [noun]
用法筆記
Almost always takes a market, region, or industry as the object — not individual customers. Frequently appears in the passive ('the market is glutted with X'). Distinguish from sense 2: this verb sense is about commerce, not eating.
常見錯誤
2. to fill yourself completely with food or drink by eating greedily and without st
to fill yourself completely with food or drink by eating greedily and without stopping, often until you feel uncomfortable; usually used reflexively with 'oneself'.
After fasting all day, Asher glutted himself on roast lamb and warm bread.
reflexive pattern: glut oneself on [food]
The hungry travellers glutted themselves with hot soup, cheese, and dark country bread.
reflexive pattern: glut themselves with [multiple foods]
Layla warned the children not to glut themselves on cake before dinner.
Kofi watched the bears glut themselves on salmon in the shallow river.
文法句型
glut oneself on/with [food]
用法筆記
Almost always reflexive: 'glut oneself on/with' + food. Felt as old-fashioned or literary; in everyday speech, 'stuff oneself' or 'gorge oneself' is more natural. Distinguish from sense 1 (verb): this sense is about a person eating, never about supplying a market.