flatulent
flatulent — 形容詞
- flatulentpositive
- more flatulentcomparative
- most flatulentsuperlative
1. troubled by too much wind in the belly, often with a swollen feeling and a need
脹氣的
肚子積了太多氣，常想排氣的
troubled by too much wind in the belly, often with a swollen feeling and a need to pass it.
Élise felt bloated and flatulent after eating a big plate of beans.
Élise 吃了一大盤豆子後覺得腹脹又脹氣。
feel flatulent after eating: describes a person's body
The baby grew fussy and flatulent, so the nurse gently rubbed his tummy.
小寶寶變得煩躁又脹氣，護理師便輕輕揉他的小肚子。
Feeling flatulent and bloated all evening, Asher skipped dessert and went to bed early.
整個晚上又脹氣又腹脹的 Asher 跳過了甜點，早早上床睡覺。
feeling flatulent: participle phrase describing a person's body
Tunde's old dog was so flatulent that everyone left the room after dinner.
Tunde 的老狗脹氣得太厲害，晚餐後大家都離開了房間。
- feel flatulent
- flatulent colic
常見錯誤
2. describes food or drink that tends to build up wind inside people after they eat
產氣的
吃了容易讓人腸胃積氣的
describes food or drink that tends to build up wind inside people after they eat it.
Shirin avoided flatulent foods like cabbage and beans before her long flight.
Shirin 在長途飛行前避開了高麗菜和豆子這類產氣的食物。
flatulent + food: describes what is eaten, not the eater
Jiwoo's coach told the team not to eat flatulent food before the match.
Jiwoo 的教練叫隊員比賽前不要吃產氣的食物。
Heloísa read that onions and cabbage are flatulent, so she ate carrots instead.
Heloísa 讀到洋蔥和高麗菜容易產氣，所以改吃紅蘿蔔。
The hotel cook left cabbage off the menu because many guests find it flatulent.
飯店廚師沒把高麗菜放進菜單，因為許多客人覺得它容易產氣。
find it flatulent: food described by how it affects people
- flatulent food
- flatulent vegetables
- gassy
everyday word for food that gives people wind
- indigestible
means hard to digest, which may not involve wind at all
用法筆記
Describes food or drink, not a person; for someone who has the wind, use sense 1 (GAS IN BODY).
3. describes speech or writing that uses grand, empty words to seem far more import
浮誇的
言辭誇大空洞、自命不凡的
describes speech or writing that uses grand, empty words to seem far more important than it is.
Ezra grew tired of the mayor's flatulent speeches full of grand promises.
Ezra 厭倦了市長那些滿是豪語、浮誇的演講。
flatulent speeches / prose: figurative, describes words
Apinya's essay was flatulent, with long words that said very little.
Apinya 的文章很浮誇，用了一堆長字卻沒說什麼。
Critics called the film's opening speech flatulent and far too self-important.
評論家說這部電影的開場演說浮誇，而且太自命不凡。
Mei cut the flatulent phrases from her report so readers could follow it.
Mei 刪掉報告裡浮誇的詞句，讓讀者容易看懂。
- flatulent prose
- flatulent speech
- plain
simple and direct, with no showy words
用法筆記
Describes words, not the body; this figurative sense is separate from the bodily sense 1 (GAS IN BODY).
同根字
- flatulence名詞C2