engorged
engorged — 形容詞
1. used when skin, tissue, or an organ becomes enlarged because fluid, often blood,
腫脹的
因液體積聚而鼓起
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.
被叮之後，Wei 的下唇看起來腫脹發亮。
linking verb: looked engorged after an injury
The surgeon explained that the engorged vein needed treatment before it burst.
外科醫師解釋，那條腫脹的靜脈必須在破裂前接受治療。
By evening, the runner's feet felt engorged from hours in wet shoes.
到了傍晚，那位跑者的腳因為在濕鞋裡待了太久而腫脹。
Lien pressed a cold cloth against the engorged area above her knee.
Lien 把冷毛巾按在她膝蓋上方那塊腫脹的部位。
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 — 動詞
1. to eat far more than you need in a greedy, uncontrolled way.
暴食
貪吃到超過需要
to eat far more than you need in a greedy, uncontrolled way.
After the buffet opened, Faisal engorged himself on fried chicken and noodles.
自助餐一開放，Faisal 就暴食炸雞和麵。
engorge yourself on + food
Maeve regretted how much cake she had engorged herself on at the party.
Maeve 很後悔自己在派對上暴食了那麼多蛋糕。
The students engorged themselves on snacks while waiting for the midnight bus.
學生們一邊等午夜巴士，一邊暴食零食。
After months of dieting, Jude engorged himself on dumplings during the holiday.
節食好幾個月後，Jude 在假期裡暴食了餃子。
- 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.
吸飽血
吸血直到身體鼓滿
to take in blood until the body is stretched tight and full.
By dawn, the tick had engorged itself on the dog's blood.
到了天亮，那隻壁蝨已經從狗身上吸飽血了。
engorge itself on + host's blood
The mosquito had engorged itself on the camper's arm within minutes.
那隻蚊子幾分鐘內就從露營者的手臂上吸飽血了。
The leeches engorged themselves so completely that they dropped into the stream.
那些水蛭吸飽血後，飽到直接掉進溪流裡。
Within minutes, the bedbugs had engorged themselves and crawled back into the mattress.
不到幾分鐘，那些臭蟲就吸飽血，爬回床墊裡了。
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.
充血脹大
因血液積聚而變腫
to become packed with blood so that the tissue feels tight or blocked.
During the infection, the tissue around his eye engorged with blood.
感染期間，他眼睛周圍的組織因充血脹大。
engorge with blood in medical context
When the vein became trapped, it quickly engorged and turned dark purple.
那條靜脈一被卡住，很快就充血脹大並變成深紫色。
The skin around the wound engorged after the nurse removed the tight bandage.
護理師拆掉過緊的繃帶後，傷口周圍的皮膚就充血脹大了。
After the allergic flare, the small vessels in her nose engorged noticeably.
過敏發作後，她鼻子裡的小血管明顯充血脹大。
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.