fatten
fatten — 動詞
- fattenpresent simple I / you / we / they
- fattenshe / she / it
- fattenedpast simple
- fattening-ing form
1. to cause a person, animal, or thing to become heavier or rounder by feeding them
養胖；變肥
使人、動物或東西變胖；長肥
to cause a person, animal, or thing to become heavier or rounder by feeding them well; or to become heavier and rounder oneself, especially with the purpose of reaching a healthy or desired size.
The farmer fattened the pigs over the winter for the autumn market.
農夫在冬天期間把豬養肥，準備在秋季的市場上出售。
transitive: fatten + animal for a purpose
Mark tried to fatten up his rescue dog after finding her on the street.
Mark 想把他在街上撿到的流浪狗養胖一些。
phrasal: fatten up + object for recovery
The cattle fattened on the rich grass of the summer pasture.
牛群在夏日茂盛的草地上吃得肥壯。
intransitive: fatten on + food source
Rafael fattened his savings account by taking on extra nursing shifts.
Rafael 靠著多值護理班次來充實儲蓄帳戶。
figurative: fatten + financial object
Benjamin took on extra freelance work to fatten his wallet before the summer holiday.
Benjamin 在暑假前接了不少自由接案的工作，讓自己的荷包變厚。
figurative: fatten [possessive] wallet/account
- fatten cattle/pigs/livestock/sheep
- fatten up a sick child
- fatten on grass/grain/pasture
- fatten one's wallet/account/savings
- fatten a budget/proposal/report
文法句型
fatten + object (animal, person, thing)
fatten + object + up
fatten on + food/pasture
用法筆記
The particle 'up' (fatten up) is common in everyday speech and adds a sense of 'fully' or 'completely' — e.g., fatten up a sick child, fatten up a thin calf. Figuratively, fatten can refer to increasing the size or amount of something non-physical, such as a bank account, budget, or document. In these uses the transitivity is always active (transitive); the intransitive pattern (fatten on + food) is restricted to animal subjects.